State Says High Schoolers Can Graduate Without Showing Proficiency in Math, Reading
This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Requirements suspended until at least 2029
High school students in one state have been relieved, by state officials, of the responsibility to document their understanding of math in order to graduate.
Or their understanding of reading.
Or their understanding of writing.
The stunning free-for-all has developed in Oregon, where the state Board of Education has decided – unanimously – that a pause on those “controversial” graduation requirements will be extended at least until 2029, according to a report from Oregon Live.
The vote disregarded the wishes of Oregon voters who submitted dozens of public comments asking that the standards be restored.
