Ed Bills Advance, Including Reading And Testing Measures
Oklahoma Senate panel passes student testing, reading measures
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Senate panel on Monday passed legislation aimed at alleviating concerns about recent education laws dealing with testing and reading.
The Senate Education Committee passed House Bill 3170, which would change the end-of-instruction exam process. Students now must pass four of seven end-of-instruction exams to obtain a high school diploma, although the law has some exceptions.
HB 3170, by Rep. Gus Blackwell, R-Lavern, and Sen. Gary Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, would change that to allow students who pass four end-of-instruction exams to forgo the additional three exams.
However, the student could opt to take the remaining exams after passing four, Stanislawski said.