Man I'm sure glad our state maintains the "high standards" the testing subjects...uh students deserve.

Panel lowers bar for passing parts of WASL

The scores needed to pass the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) will go down a little this year for fourth- and seventh-graders, and perhaps next year for 10th-graders as well.

By my count, since last May, Washington is the sixth state to lower standards on the "high" performing, "high" stakes, test.