Do you think statewide standardized tests are still a good idea?

Asked by KTVZ

701 Votes

Do you think statewide standardized tests are still a good idea?

68%

YES YES

32%

NO NO

68%

YES

6 Comments

Kimmy Wasatch

With covid and the governor lowering standards for graduation, a standardized test is necessary . We need better educated students and graduates.

k san

I don't know if standardized tests are hurting a certain group of students, but I do know that socially promoting certain students who fail to learn basic life requirements, like balancing checkbooks, reading, etc., is doing them a big disservice. Bringing back civics, PE, tool shop is a good idea.

Sarah Croom

I go back & forth on this subject. With the standard set so low for students due to the pandemic. It seems scary to have children behind in the basics. I’m from Ventura, Ca since the early 90’s. Things in Oregon back then seemed way behind in the school system.

Dianne Price

They are passing kids that can barely read, do math or write!!

Matt Stickler

Absolutley especially important since lockdowns...our children's education has suffered, and we need to get back reading, writing, arithmetic and foster critical thinking once again.

Gabe West

Schools should have stayed open during the pandemic so yes I think standard testing is nessesary

32%

NO

3 Comments

Marcy Monte

this is not the most important thing LOWER CLASS SiZES is Way more important that Testing

Sussie Due

No point to it. They graduate kids even if they failed everything.

den b

Statewide, no. Regionally yes

Gabe West

Why is that?

Should the Oregon legislature create Charlie Kirk day?

Asked by KTVZ

456 Votes

Should the Oregon legislature create Charlie Kirk day?

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

1 Comment

LuLyn Howard

Charlie Kirk was a man of faith and gave his very life for the values I stand for. He was a voice heard around the world

78%

No

17 Comments

Pat Nelson Wilson

He doesn’t deserve it. He is a nobody and spewed hateful rhetoric.

Janice Adair

He was a racist, white supremacist, and very divisive figure. The political violence that ended his lift is a terrible thing but it’s something he helped foment. This is the most ridiculous idea I can imagine.

Lisa Alexander

He was a racist person who spread hate.

Jim Terry

Need I really explain

Jane CommunityMember

I never heard of this guy before he was murdered, but it looks like he had a track record of saying awful things, and fomented the conditions in society that led to his demise. That's very tragic, but there are other people more deserving of a day.

Robert Spaet

Irony: “It's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights…” Charlie Kirk 2023

k san

Absolutely NOT!! He was a racist extraordinaire and spread divisive speech and ideas.

Byron Barclay

Because his MO is actually deceptive & decisive!

Martie King

He is not a hero.

Linda Spaet

Though this is a tragic incident and a terrible time of violence in our country, Mr. Kirk was not an elected official. We should honor his family and respect them in many ways and I certainly have sympathy for his family. But this does not warrant aday in Oregon devoted to his name or his politics.

Robert Spaet

A highly partisan figure in American politics should never be given a day of observance for any reason. It should be acknowledge that violence is not acceptable in any form for any reason, but it should not be honored and given Publicity because of it.

Alex GERRITY

He was not a government figure, and while I don’t condone the violence that took his life, he called on his supporters to bail out others that committed violence against elected government officials.

Laurie Maholland

Mr. Kirk was too controversial and not a hero.

celeste carico

This guy was homophobic, racist, and anti women’s rights. While I think his murder is wrong, he is not a hero. He encouraged hatred towards people he didn’t agree with their lifestyles in his “teachings”. I don’t think Jesus would support him…he preached love for everyone!

Gerald Wonnacott

We didn't create a Melissa Hortmann day and she was a good person. Charlie Kirk's rhetoric was about racism, sexism, mysoginism, and divisiveness. He was not a good person and represented everything that was NOT Christian.

Priscilla Smith

Absolutely not!

Shannon Gamble

Sure! Let's give kudos to the shooter! NOT! What about the 5 officers who just got shot in Pennsylvania? Should we have a day for that too?? Absolutely NOT necessary.

Do you think the fair should negotiate for a 20 year long term contract?

Asked by KTVZ

50 Votes

Do you think the fair should negotiate for a 20 year long term contract?

Do you think statewide standardized tests are still a good idea?

68%

YES YES

32%

NO NO

68%

YES

32%

NO

Should the Oregon legislature create Charlie Kirk day?

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

78%

No

Do you think the fair should negotiate for a 20 year long term contract?

42%

Yes Yes

58%

No No

42%

Yes

58%

No

Do you think statewide standardized tests are still a good idea?

68% YES YES

32% NO NO

68% YES

32% NO

Should the Oregon legislature create Charlie Kirk day?

22% Yes Yes

78% No No

22% Yes

78% No

Do you think the fair should negotiate for a 20 year long term contract?

42% Yes Yes

58% No No

42% Yes

58% No

68%

YES YES

32%

NO NO

68%

YES

32%

NO

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

78%

No

42%

Yes Yes

58%

No No

42%

Yes

58%

No