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Oregon removes writing, reading, and math mastery from high school graduation requirements<\/a><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he\u00a0Oregon<\/a>\u00a0State\u00a0Board of Education<\/a>\u00a0unanimously voted on Thursday to remove proof of mastery in reading, writing, and math in order to graduate from\u00a0high school<\/a>\u00a0until 2029.<\/p>\n

The board argued that requiring all students to pass one of several standardized tests or to create an in-depth assignment their teacher judged as meeting state standards was a harmful hurdle for students of color, disabled students, or those learning English as a second language. The standardized tests will still be given but will not play a role in determining whether students receive their diplomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t suspended any sort of assessments,\u201d state board member Vicky Lopez Sanchez\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0during the board meeting. \u201cThe only thing we are suspending is the inappropriate use of how those assessments were being used. I think that really is in the best interest of Oregon students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opponents of the new order argued that removing the requirement devalues an Oregon diploma. The opponents argued that helping students with low academic skills through extra instruction in writing and math has helped them. However, supporters claim that forcing students to spend extra time on schoolwork eliminates their opportunity to take an elective and does not translate to how they perform after graduation.<\/p>\n

“We are unable to ethically make a different decision at this point. It is also unethical for us to continue to require this when we know it can continue to cause harm and has had no change in how students are performing,” Board of Education Chairwoman Guadalupe Martinez Zapata\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0ABC’s KATU-2.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of state residents have filed public comments on the subject, and most are in favor of keeping the requirements. But mastery is not the only graduation requirement. Students also need to earn a certain amount of credits and create an education plan that helps them achieve their goals after high school.<\/p>\n

The pause was initiated during the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic\u00a0<\/a>in 2020, when schools across the country were forced to shut down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oregon removes writing, reading, and math mastery from high school graduation requirements The\u00a0Oregon\u00a0State\u00a0Board of Education\u00a0unanimously voted on Thursday to remove proof of mastery in reading, writing, and math in order to graduate from\u00a0high school\u00a0until 2029. The board argued that requiring all students to pass one of several standardized tests or to create an in-depth assignment … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,59,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-education-schools","category-goobermint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97062,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97061\/revisions\/97062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}