<p>High stakes testing discriminates against learning disabled students. I am a public school educator and I have watched young lives shattered over these ridiculous be-all and end-all tests....I refer to hard working, good students who maintain good grades but simply cannot perform on such a test as LEAP with their modifications pulled out from under them. (Oh yes, there's much lip-speak that the mods are there, but they most definitely are not there in the manner that the child is accustomed to, just believe me) Most of the posters here have above average children and consequently "think the tests are easy." Believe me, for a dyslexic student, LEAP is the worst nightmare imaginable..... NOT EVERYONE IS A SUPERB TEST TAKER.</p>