Posted on 06/21/2021 4:16:01 PM PDT by george76
Students in the class of 2021 did not have to prove they could write or do math at a basic level to earn their diplomas. A bill headed to Gov. Kate Brown would prohibit any such requirement at least until 2027.
A bill to prohibit Oregon schools from requiring students to show they can read, write and do math at a basic high school level is headed to Gov. Kate Brown after lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday.
The idea is to hit pause on the requirements, in place since 2009 but already suspended during the pandemic, at least until the class of 2024 gets their diplomas and for Oregon to thoughtfully reexamine its graduation requirements in the meantime. A report recommending what the new standards should be is due to the Legislature and Oregon Board of Education by September 2022.
But since Oregon has long insisted it would not impose new graduation requirements on students who have already begun high school, new requirements would not take effect until the class of 2027 at the very earliest. So at least five more classes could be expected to graduate without needing to demonstrate roughly 10th grade level proficiency in math and writing.
The decision to remove the skills requirement was largely but not entirely a party-line one, with Democrats staunchly opposing the proficiency rules and Republicans decrying what they see as a lowering of academic standards.
A spokesperson for Brown told The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday she has yet to decide whether she will sign the bill, veto it or allow it to become law without her signature.
Oregon, unlike other states, did not require students to pass a particular standardized test or any test at all. Students could show their ability to use English and do math via about five different tests or by completing an in-depth classroom project judged by their own teachers. In reality, most schools relied primarily on standardized tests and most students easily passed them.
But demonstrating proficiency proved most challenging for students who learned English as a second language, students with disabilities and students of color.
Officials on the Oregon Board of Education, when they enacted the “essential skills” graduation requirement more than a decade ago, said they hoped no student would be denied a diploma for lacking the skills but that schools would step up and help juniors and seniors who hadn’t mastered enough English or math to do so. Many high schools created special math and writing workshop classes for seniors who needed to demonstrate those skills to get their diplomas.
The bill calls on the diverse committee studying graduation requirements to come up with a recommendation “with the goal of ensuring that the processes and outcomes related to the requirements for high school diplomas are equitable, accessible and inclusive.”
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Just what lazy teachers want.
Actually, That’s because the teachers can’t read or write either.
(Math, you ask? NO, because...Orange Man Bad)
You are paying all those school district taxes to assure that schools have no accountability.
Eye spel fin. Gimme dat deeplomuh.
LOL - would wouldda thunk it? Same reason democrats don't want honest elections - it's their people who benefit from dishonest elections and voter fraud AND it's their people who can't read or write...
Liberals hate standards.
Except for double ones.
Well, why not. There are obviously no requirements that politicos in Oregon need to be able to write or do math or THINK!
Math is , like, hard.
black failure floats to the top again
No washee, no tickee....
What could possibly go wrong?
Satire is impossible now.
I propose that teachers be engaged in conversation. Everyone who says “I seen” gets fired.
Just close the public schools in Oregon—total waste of everybody’s time and taxpayer money.
Then you can award a diploma and a non-participation trophy to everyone when they turn 18.
By taking our property tax money and then refusing to use it to actually educate our children the grifter establishment is ripping off Americans.
“Math is , like, hard.”
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Yes, because...Orange Man Bad!!!!!
Today I had a McD bill of $5.08, and when I put 8¢ as part of the bill I gave her, I had a meltdown with a person of negro persuasion who looked at me like an idiot. And when she asked (excuse me) axed me what the pennies were for, I apologize for being a white privileged racist. Even Common Core Math didn’t help her.
They are too busy spray painting graffiti, throwing things at police, and looting to do their homework anyway.
dumbing down
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