WASL wait

Summon all your powers of reading comprehension (yes, there will be a test) to figure this one out:

Sophomores will get their own WASL scores by June 14, but officials for the state's education agency said Thursday there are too many data issues to quickly calculate how many students statewide passed the three exam sections required to graduate — reading, writing and math. OSPI, however, will release this month how many of the test-takers passed each individual subject.

Maybe this will make more sense:

Sophomores will get their own WASL scores by June 14, but officials for the state's education agency said Thursday there are too many data issues to quickly calculate how many students statewide passed all three exam sections required to graduate — reading, writing and math. OSPI, however, will release this month how many of the test-takers passed each individual subject.

Get it now?

(If not, you may need a refresher on the ecological fallacy. Let's say 90% pass reading, 90% pass writing, and 90% pass math. That means 90% passed the WASL, right?

Bzzt. It's possible that there are a different 10% failing each subject, so up to 30% overall might have failed the WASL. After all, if you fail one section, sucks to be you. Welcome to remedial classes or a long, long summer.)