What does lowering cut scores on state tests in 2024 mean in 2025?

by Wendy Pratt
Posted on LinkedIn May 12, 2025

Mind-boggling is one description for all that is going on with K-12 education in Oklahoma these days. Rarely a dull moment! But, at every pause, my mind goes back to 2024 scores on state tests of the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS).

Why? Because teaching and learning the OAS are the primary requirements of public schools in state law. Yet, today, the standards are a bigger political football than ever and comparing academic performance among schools or across years is shrouded in confusion. The lack of urgency about last year’s test results may be because leaders miss the direct connection from the standards to state-test results to national rankings.

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