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 ...

Question: When is 39 a passing grade? Answer: When it’s the Math Regents exam. A new scoring system announced yesterday suddenly transformed hundreds of failing grades on June’s Math A Regents into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...