Overview

• The assessment, created after PragerU reviewed Oklahoma’s standards alongside those of California and New York, was administered for the first time on August 15.
• Test content includes questions on biological sex chromosomes, American exceptionalism, the Constitution’s opening words, congressional structure and the importance of freedom of religion.
• Walters has asserted exclusive legal control over teacher certification in Oklahoma and insists his office will oversee all test administration and approvals.
• Oklahoma Democratic leaders and some State Board members have denounced the requirement as an ideological “loyalty test” from an unaccredited organization and predict legal challenges.
• PragerU’s curriculum materials are already approved in ten states, raising concerns about private conservative influence on public school credentialing