It's being called the '65 percent solution,' but we regard it as really 100 percent deception. It's a shameful and deceptive effort to distract people from the real issues facing students and schools.

This might give teachers some things they might like. But fortunately, our members look beyond their own self-interest and see the damage this would inflict.

We haven't really heard anything that would help us predict how this ultimately will be resolved.

It doesn't work well to mandate that from the state.

Our members believe there is something seriously wrong. There's too much emphasis on a single test.

For us, we didn't want to push so hard this session that it would make it impossible to work with other stakeholders in the future. We were growing polarized around this issue, so this gives everyone a chance to step back.

We know going into it that the WASL is not an appropriate assessment for some students, so to require them to take it is poor professional practice.

We're pleased we were able to prevent a full-blown, costly, distracting initiative campaign this fall.