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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social

I'm really just bored and irritated by how this test started off as a culture war barometer and turned into the history questions from Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? *This is a test for classroom teachers in Oklahoma*

Why are there thirteen stripes on the American flag? to symbolize the original colonies
aug 30, 2025, 12:38 pm • 103 10

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social

Of course, once you finish the exam (and have my results send to no@no.com), you are prompted to donate to PragerU for a matched gift (don't do this):

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aug 30, 2025, 12:40 pm • 80 10 • view
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social

Why did this take a partnership between a multi-million dollar propaganda organization and *the State of Oklahoma*? I've been in 45 minute PLC meetings that have produced better designed assessments. This is just an artifact of deeply weird & insulated people, there's no other way to describe it.

aug 30, 2025, 12:48 pm • 122 14 • view
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social

I can't stop thinking about how there are ZERO questions about Oklahoma on this test for OK educators. Not even: When did OK become a state? Who is the current governor? What % of land is legally tribal land? What is the largest industry in OK? All more relevant than any of the 34 Qs they chose.

aug 30, 2025, 1:14 pm • 110 11 • view
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social

You can only conclude that this was not designed by or for actual Oklahomans but rather for a national audience primarily concerned with selling a divisive culture war and furthering Walters' reactionary bona fides. 🤷

aug 30, 2025, 1:14 pm • 112 8 • view
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tiggr55.bsky.social @tiggr55.bsky.social

Power and money. Promotion of a fake "university"...

aug 31, 2025, 10:58 am • 0 0 • view
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JGregoryCincy @tehlasercat.bsky.social

Reactionary bona fides that don’t even make him popular with republicans because they all hate his weird ass

aug 30, 2025, 7:08 pm • 13 0 • view
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fancynancysays @fancynancysays.bsky.social

Who wrote the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical and film “Oklahoma” ?

aug 30, 2025, 2:46 pm • 5 1 • view
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Toby Bartels @tobybartels.bsky.social

It wouldn't ask that. Have you seen South Pacific? They're too woke!

aug 30, 2025, 11:09 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kai su, bygåy 💫 @bygay.bsky.social

Still, more relevant than the other questions

aug 30, 2025, 2:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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my mamas child @2024fighter.bsky.social

Take this “test” or you can’t teach. Oh, but it’s created by this group who wants your money. If I were a taxpayer in OK, I’d be LIVID.

aug 30, 2025, 7:47 pm • 2 0 • view
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Until All of Us Are Free @solidarity5ever.bsky.social

You'd think that for the certification test for educators there'd be some questions about pedagogy...

aug 31, 2025, 10:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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UnDrewsual @undrewsual.bsky.social

Feels like they put in their ideological screening questions & then cribbed the rest from a US citizenship exam to try to hide it.

aug 30, 2025, 1:12 pm • 20 0 • view