[Bob]

Bob, what I told the GenXTeacher ~ the article's thesis is this is for kids who "CAN'T PASS" a test.

Again, you're making a presumption that "CAN'T PASS" means "CAN'T READ"; it doesn't.

I view it as little more than a way of identifying future football players to give them an extra year of effective eligibility.

Oh, please. You're talking as if the girls who can't pass are going to go on to play varsity football in high school. Please find yourself another strawman, that one's worn out.

[muawiyah]

Bob, you don't know those states ~ believe me, it's football PLUS one other angle ~ one more insidious. If they spend just one more year buried in grade school, they'll be one year older, and eligible to drop out their Junior year ~ and they'll miss SAT and other exams.

This will raise the local averages for the school system.