Oregon governor signs bill ending reading and math proficiency requirements for graduation
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown privately signed a bill last month ending the requirement for high school students to prove proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic before graduation.
Brown, a Democrat, did not hold a public signing or issue a press release regarding the passing of Senate Bill 744 on July 14, and the measure, which was approved by lawmakers in June, was not added into the state's legislative database until more than two weeks later on July 29, an unusually quiet approach to enacting legislation, according to the Oregonian.
Secretary of the Senate Lori Brocker's office is responsible for updating the legislative database, and a staffer tasked with dealing with the governor's office was experiencing medical issues during the 15-day time frame it took the database to be updated with the recently signed law, Brocker said.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown privately signed a bill last month ending the requirement for high school students to prove proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic before graduation.Brown, a Democrat, did not hold a public signing or issue a press release regarding the passing of Senate Bill 744...
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I don't think they've stopped teaching STEM, they're just not requiring students to test for proficiency before graduation. I actually don't think the proficiency test proves anything anyway. In Alaska my kids passed the required proficiency test the first time they took it, which was as freshman or sophomores... my point being that the proficiency test in most states is set at a very low standard to begin with, otherwise very few would pass it.
I understand that in Louisiana the high school equivalency exam is a high hurdle, that's my understanding based on the documentary "The Waterboy", the story of a typical young man growing up in the great state of Louisiana.