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 ...

It’s a tough test — but not so tough to pass. New York high-schoolers who took the Regents Common Core Algebra I exam this month had to earn just 27 of 86 points, or 31.4 percent, to pass. On the ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

Regents Review is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

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, ...

When thousands of high school students failed this month's Math A Regents exam, complaints from Buffalo to Oyster Bay poured in to the state Education Department. In days, the uproar grew so strong ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY -- State officials say cheating on Regents exams is a growing concern but just a fraction of the cases are being discovered as the tests are being used more to evaluate schools and teachers.

High school graduation requirements for Kansas students soon may be changing, and the Kansas Board of Regents this week weighed in with a couple of suggestions: More math and more paperwork. But those ...

NYC Algebra Regents scores tank amid new ‘disaster’ math curriculum Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 ...