Oregon is following in the steps of Virginia’s Fairfax County and Boston Public Schools by suspending standardized proficiency testing.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown privately signed a bill suspending reading, writing, and arithmetic proficiency requirements for students for the next three years. Charles Boyle, a spokesman for the governor’s office, told the Washington Examiner’s Kaelan Deese that the bill would give students “a chance to regroup after a year and a half of disruption caused by the pandemic.”