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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY — New York’s new integrated algebra test administered in June was so hard that a student could get a “raw score” of just 30 points out of a possible 87 and still pass. That’s because the State ...

New York Regents exams from a previous century were significantly more challenging and comprehensive than today's. Initially designed as entrance exams in the 1800s, they included essays, diagrams, ...

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 ...