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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bunk questions might have thrown the results of state math tests taken by thousands of city students last month, public school teachers who gave and graded the tests say. The Regents exams for Algebra ...

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 ...

Alfred S. Posamentier, a professor of mathematics education at the City College of the City University of New York, is a former member of the New York State Standards Commission. New York is thinking ...