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Bill Would Repeal Requirement For End Of Instruction Exams

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An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed legislation to replace time-consuming end-of-instruction testing in public schools.

The bill by Rep. David Perryman of Chickasha would repeal the requirement that Oklahoma secondary-school students take an end-of-instruction exam to demonstrate their knowledge of academic subjects in order to graduate from a public high school. Instead, students would take the nationally accepted American College Test to demonstrate their proficiency.

Perryman says end-of-instruction testing disrupts secondary education for three or four weeks each spring. He says there are better ways to measure a student's familiarity with a subject.

The bill provides that if a student is unable to achieve a minimum mandated score on the ACT test, then a longstanding testing accommodations policy could be invoked.

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