The gateway is a test that in no way prepares students for life after high school. Colleges or universities don’t require a test like the gateway like they do with 2 years of foreign language. And writing an essay in the format that the gateway requires doesn’t push students in any areas that would help them enter the workforce or improve skills or knowledge required for the real world. Students who also struggle to write or speak in fluent English struggle on this test. As well as students with learning disabilities. Worst of all, if you can’t pass the gateway it keeps you ineligible to graduate. Even if you’re a senior who just moved to a Gwinnett county public high school.