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?

Do you support Trump's efforts to make Greenland the 51st state?

Asked by News-Press Now

121 Votes

Do you support Trump's efforts to make Greenland the 51st state?

13%

Yes Yes

87%

No No

13%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

87%

No

2 Comments

Sharon

Greenland is a territory of Denmark, & neither of them wants to be part of the United States. Trump has no right to just take whatever he wants that doesn't belong to him. That's called stealing, & it's illegal.

John Sunde

DC and then Puerto Rico rank ahead.

Asked by Dear Abby

287 Votes

Do awards shows on TV matter to you?

11%

Yes Yes

89%

No No

11%

Yes

3 Comments

Lindsay Gant

I enjoy watching the glitz, glamour, and appreciation for artists and actors' great work.

k san

I enjoy watching celebrities and award shows!

Patricia Quiroz-Alfaro

I vote for my favorite actors and awards also give me an idea of what I want to watch. Other than that winners don't matter to me.

Jeanette Johnson

I agree with you except I have to say when Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actress OMG I went completely crazy that right there is what makes me watch awards shows AND now these damn huge studios what don't they get without a script an idea there's no films tv to be made forget reality

89%

No

13 Comments

Lrac Snave

Haven't watched any of them in decades. Who wants to see some very rich celebrities pat each other on the back and tell us all their political views?

VAHuskerFan

Cause there all WOKE!!

Ed Drahos

Award shows are nothing more than self promotion of themselves. And act like self advertising. Like advertising, the less advertising the less popularity.

Garrett

The award shows once mattered. Since they have become so much more than a few once or twice a year but rather at least a 100, all with varying degrees of actual criteria beyond marketing campaigns and now the over-compensating “inclusive,” nature of certain categories going out of their way