Overview

• Oklahoma’s education department says the PragerU-developed multiple-choice test has been finalized for applicants from California and New York and will roll out very soon.
• Applicants must answer all 50 questions correctly to receive state certification, with sample items covering the Constitution, the structure of Congress, the number of senators, freedom of religion, and biology-based sex questions.
• Superintendent Ryan Walters frames the requirement as an “America First” screen to keep “woke indoctrinators” out of classrooms and signals possible expansion to additional states.
• Teachers’ unions and education scholars decry the exam as a partisan litmus test that could further depress hiring in a state already coping with a teacher shortage.
• Legal challenges are being prepared, with critics arguing the policy conflicts with rules recognizing out-of-state credentials, as Walters says he is ready to defend the move.