US test scores hit damning new lows

[David777]

Shouldn't there be extra resources/classes for immigrants instead of simply pointing out that they are deficient?

Helping young students whose parents and sibblings don't speak English would seem to be important. A huge amount of that situation here in California. One can expect most will do poorly if having to think and act in a different language. By putting them in say a pre-kindergarten socializing program where non-English speakers play with English speaking kids would probably go a long ways in helping most. Even some TV or computer game program might work. Kids learn language skills rapidly when engaged with others.