Oklahoma will require teacher-certification applicants arriving from California and New York to pass a 50-question assessment administered by the conservative nonprofit PragerU, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said on Monday. Walters argued the test is needed to keep “radical leftist ideology” out of Oklahoma classrooms. The Education Department released five sample questions—among them asking for the opening words of the U.S. Constitution and why freedom of religion is central to the nation—while PragerU said other items address “undoing the damage of gender ideology.” Officials said the exam will be deployed “very soon.” Labor groups and education scholars condemned the requirement as a “MAGA loyalty test” that could deepen the state’s chronic teacher shortage. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called the plan political posturing, and University of Pennsylvania historian Jonathan Zimmerman said outsourcing gatekeeping to PragerU marks a watershed in state oversight of instructional content. The move adds to a broader conservative push to reshape K-12 education, which includes a congressional proposal to authorize the Classic Learning Test for Department of Defense schools and military academies.