Board of Education
How much should Regents exams count toward final course grades — or should they count at all?
Riverhead school faculty, parents and administrators are split on whether the Board of Education should change the policy that weighs a high school student's state Regents examination score as a fifth of their final course average.
Board of Education
Dorr, Healy push for permanent ‘do no harm’ policy for Regents exams, urge eliminating test score from calculation of final course...
"I don't think this is fair, to weight a three-hour exam the same as 10 weeks of instruction," school district Trustee Christopher Dorr said. Including the Regents exam score in a final course grade could lower the grade and hurt a student's chance for scholarships, he said. The district will form a committee to review the board policy,
Community News
January regents exams canceled statewide due to coronavirus concerns
January’s high school regents exams have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Department of Education announced yesterday.
News
Feds: Students must take state assessment tests this year, despite pandemic
NYSED will ask Board of Regents to eliminate Regents exams as a requirement for graduation this year & also cancel any Regents exam not required by the U.S. Department of Education.