Because So Many

Washoe County schools failed to do worth a shit under NCLB guidelines, thanks primarily to the fact they have so many special ed students, the trustees don't like the rules requiring virtually all special ed students to take the regular tests. They don't pass anyway, even with accommodations. And because they can't do grade level work, they get labeled special ed. In other words, if the kids could do the work and pass the tests, they wouldn't be labeled as needing special ed in the first place.

Which only goes to show that Congress and the creators of this disaster of a law don't know shit about special ed.