 He has conducted an independent study of Washington's WASL standards based assessment, concluding, “The WASL is a disaster” Orlich has concluded that the fifth grade science WASL exceeds the intellectual level of the majority of fifth graders, the seventh grade math WASL is more like a ninth grade test.Learning goals for the seventh grade is almost identical to many 10th grade goals.He has authored a soon to be released book titled “School Reform and the Great American Brain Robbery,”.