OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – A new 34-question assessment designed to weed out “woke” educators interested in coming to Oklahoma is virtually impossible to fail.

The assessment was put together in a partnership between the Oklahoma State Department of Education and PragerU, a Christian and conservative non-profit; that is also not accredited. A page created on PragerU’s website for the Teacher Qualification Test assessment says it is meant to counter state-mandated trainings, like those required in California that PragerU believes undermines the quality of the United States’ education system.

“Unless you are a Marxist indoctrinator, this shouldn’t be that difficult,” said State Superintendent Ryan Walters in a recorded video tied to the assessment. “If you are, to your core, you are trying to get into a classroom to warp the minds of America’s youth into hating this country and to just hating basic facts, rejecting common sense, well yeah, we don’t want you in the classroom.”

The test questions are largely focused around American history, Biology and parental rights; but you don’t currently have to study up to past the assessment.

Shawn Ashley, publisher of Oklahoma online legislative tracking and news service Quorum Call, first pointed out the exploit in a social media post Monday. He said that after taking the test, and deliberately answering each question incorrectly it became obvious there was a workaround. The 34-question test is multiple choice with four possible answers. Ashley said that even after the three incorrect answers were selected a person taking the test will still be prompted over and over until they select the correct answer. The test then proceeds as if that person never guessed incorrectly in the first place.

“Answered incorrectly a third time, and it gave me an opportunity for a fourth try and the correct answer,” said Ashley. “So I did all 34 questions that way and received the certificate of passage as a result.”

affiliate KFOR employees tested the same method as Ashley and verified his account, earning the certificate regardless of whether any employee knew the answer to the question or not. The completion screen for the test also prompts the person taking the tests with multiple requests to donate to PragerU as either a one-time or monthly donation.

“It seems like it does defeat the purpose of what the test was designed to do, because you don’t have to know the information to ultimately get the answer right and to receive the certification,” said Ashley.

KFOR reached out to State Superintendent Ryan Walters office for comment Monday, but has not heard back.

KFOR also took questions from the assessment to a local park and interviewed Oklahomans to see whether or not they knew the answers. Two Oklahomans KFOR asked answered less than half of the questions correctly. They both expressed doubt about whether all of the questions asked were necessary for every out of state teacher in Oklahoma.

You can read the entire question list below:

1. According to the Supreme Court cases Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925), who has the ultimate right to direct a child’s education?
2. What is the fundamental biological distinction between males and females?
3. How is a child’s biological sex typically identified?
4. Which chromosome pair determines biological sex in humans?
5. Why is the distinction between male and female considered important in areas like sports and privacy?
6. Should teachers be allowed to express their own political viewpoints in the classroom in order to persuade the students to adopt their point of view?
7. What did the Supreme Court rule in the 2025 case Mahmoud v. Taylor?
8. What are the first three words of the Constitution?
9. Why is freedom of religion important to America’s identity?
10. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
11. How many total U.S. senators are there?
12. Why do some states have more Representatives than others?
13. What is the primary responsibility of the president’s Cabinet?
14. Who signs bills into law?
15. What is the highest court in the United States?
16. In the United States, which of the following is a responsibility reserved only for citizens?
17. Which of the following are explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights?
18. What right does the Second Amendment protect?
19. What is the supreme law of the United States?
20. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
21. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
22. What was the primary reason the colonists fought the British?
23. Who were the first three U.S. presidents?
24. Who is called the “Father of Our Country”?
25. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
26. What was Abraham Lincoln’s primary reason for waging the Civil War?
27. What cause is Martin Luther King Jr. best known for?
28. How did the Cold War end?
29. Who was President during the Great Depression and WWII?
30. What is the name of the national anthem?
31. Why are there thirteen stripes on the American flag?
32. Which national holiday honors those who died while serving in the U.S. military?
33. Which of the following is a phrase from the Pledge of Allegiance?
34. From whom does the United States government derive its power?