When does 23 equal 55? When it comes to grading the Math A Regents exam. Never before has the state required students to answer so few questions correctly on the mandatory test to eke out a passing ...

High-school students taking the Math A Regents exam this week must correctly answer fewer than one-third of the questions to pass – the lowest benchmark in at least six years – because of a revised ...

Bunk questions might have thrown the results of state math tests taken by thousands of city students last month, public school teachers who gave and graded the tests say. The Regents exams for Algebra ...

ALBANY — How can you pass a test if you only get 26 of 86 points? Take the New York State Regents Algebra 1 exam. The fuzzy math, critics say, illustrates how New York policymakers have become so ...

Question: When is 39 a passing grade? Answer: When it’s the Math Regents exam. A new scoring system announced yesterday suddenly transformed hundreds of failing grades on June’s Math A Regents into ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York State released the results of Regents exams taken over the 2021-2022 school year, which includes results of how proficient high school students on Staten Island were on ...

His math is right, but more advanced than that of the “typical” test taker. After an East Setauket teen said he discovered a flaw in a Regents Geometry exam question, the state Education Department ...

The New York State Math B Regents Exam: A necessary evil or the insidious result of an education system run amok? Whatever the answer, Math B is a course dreaded by both the slackers and the ...

Alfred S. Posamentier, a professor of mathematics education at the City College of the City University of New York, is a former member of the New York State Standards Commission. New York is thinking ...