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 ...

Test questions for Regents exams are devised in committee by some of the state's top teachers and are field tested before they make it to a Regents exam offered in January, June or August. After 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...