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 ...

State Education Commissioner Richard Mills yesterday ordered a sweeping investigation of the validity of the math Regents exam, opening the door to invalidating the test and forcing thousands to ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, NY - When New York State rolled out its first regents exam based on the common core in algebra last year, it made no bones about the fact the test would be much harder. But at the same time, ...

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 ...

A growing number of advanced sixth-graders on Long Island and elsewhere could be taking algebra courses typically taken by ninth-graders, under new rules approved Tuesday by the state's Board of ...

Students who failed the state’s flawed Regents exam for Algebra II/Trigonometry will have to wait until next June to retake it, officials said. In a cost-cutting move, the state cut the number of ...