Ok, lets all take a chill pill. Yes it is this bad in many places. We had a gentlemen in our CHL class that couldn't read the test. I took him to another room & read it to him & he passed with flying colors. I told him to get his children who were in lower grades to help him by reading together. They could teach dad the words they already knew & it helped him learn. When spelling was excepted by the way the word sounds instead of the correct spelling, everything went out the door. Passed regardless of knowing the information has hurt many. My children were lucky & my grandchildren, as they had their parents read & work with them. My grandson use to get mad because we made him write his spelling words 5 times each, every night. He always made a 100 on test day. Also worked on dictation of sentences. I was not affended. I know how true this is. Wake up world!