Talk:Regents Examinations

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This article is now dead people. Please see the New York State Department of Education article if you want the info on regents.--D-Day 20:30, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] article now back alive

This article is now back alive, people. See the fact that the NYSDE page is confusing and cluttered, and that the Regents exams needs its own page. The overview of the NYSDE is not an excuse not to have a page detailing exactly what the Regents exam is! 71.255.194.61 16:51, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re-merging the pages

I am against and vote no to merging these pages, as proposed by the boilerplate notice.Kiko 19:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of the Regents

Somebody please add a comprehensive history of New York State Regents Exams. Thanks!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.109.50.135 (talk • contribs)

Agreed. There is so much more that could be written, particularly on recent controversies ... the infamous math debacle of 2000 (or whenever it was), the complaints about readings in the ELA exams being bowdlerized, Scarsdale's refusal to administer them, etc. Daniel Case 16:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
So why hasn't a comprehensive history been added? I think the Regents have been around for a while, and I think my parents may have taken them. 204.52.215.107 05:41, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
If your parents graduated from high school in New York any time in the last 130 years, then they certainly had some experience with those tests. These may well be the oldest high school graduation exams in the U.S. WhatamIdoing 05:43, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Read http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/edocs/education/sedhist.htm#exam and use it as a reliable source for writing the history of the exams. --orlady 13:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I am no expert, but I agree that there is much more that can be done with this topic, and would welcome adding this content to Wikipedia. Newyorkbrad 19:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exam Changes

When did Sequential Math 1, 2, and 3 become "Math A" and "Math B?" I went to high school in New York State during the early-to-mid-1990s and I distinctly remember taking SM1, SM2, and SM3 Regents exams. I remember my parents talking about how when they were in high school (early 1960s), these were called Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry -- which would have made more sense as that's what SM1 through SM3 really *were*.

Now I live in Massachusetts, so I hear only about MCAS. (I was considering pointing this article out to a friend by means of an explanation of how screwed up NY's standardized testing schemes are.) Someone please provide info on this change / exam history. Tckma 01:42, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

My memory is a bit shaky when it comes to Math because I am a history teacher, but the state revised all its regents exams in the late 1990s/early 2000s. By the time, I began teaching full-time in the 2000-2001 school year, nine graders were required to take Math A and B while 10, 11, and 12 graders had the option of continuing Math 1, 2, and 3. It'll all be irrelevant in a few years since NYS is going back to Math 1, 2, and 3 with different names. KitHutch 21:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it was around 2002 they changed them. --D-Day Somebody talk to me. Please somebody! Anybody! 21:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

They changed the exams for different subjects in different yearsCountmippipopolous 08:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


In the 1970s and 1980s they became Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry/Trig. This was changed around 2000 to Math A and Math B when they were reorganized into two one and a half-year sequences (Math A, january of sophomore year; Math B, June of Junior year), with a sort of spiral system of teaching -- Each, A and B, has a little bit of algebra and geometry in each of them. Part of it is because Math A only is required for Regents graduation, Math B is for the advanced diploma, thus, a kid with only say Algebra I and Algebra II would never learn trig unless he or she were going for the advanced diploma. FYI, this is all about to be changed again: Freshman entering in 2007 (though that date has already been pushed back twice) will start a new three year sequence, though it's still not clear what that will entail.HarvardOxon 07:14, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I took the following:

Earth Science & Algebra - 1984 Biology & Geometry - 1985 Chemistry, Trig, Spanish, English, Social Studies - 1986 No regents for physics or calculus as I recall - would have been senior year (87). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.249.96 (talk) 02:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Dudes what do you mean its required in ninth grade. I'm in middle school now and eight grade and i'm taking Math A and earth science and some kids in my grade take math b already and we're all taking our regents at the end of our school year.162.83.129.71 (talk) 01:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Passing Grade?

" Students are also required to pass(achieving a score of 65 or above) on all required Regents examinations." As I recall the passing grade for different regents was more often than not lower than 65. Hopefully someone can either find support for that statement or I'll find some actual proof that it is false. If neither happens within a few days, I may just remove the parenthetical comment.Countmippipopolous 08:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

65 is the passing grade on all Regents. However, a student can also get local credit with a grade of 55. The state keeps saying that the local option is being phased out, but they keep pushing back the date on when it'll end. KitHutch 02:34, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Times of the exams

this information should be listed the moths and general dates the exams are given. The xams are given state wide during a week in january, june, and august (generally summer school)

xams162.83.129.71 (talk) 01:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC) hune and agust?

[edit] History?

Does anyone know about the history of the Regents exams? I've heard that they've been around since the 1920's, which was the very earliest days of standardized testing. -Semisomna 13:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

The tests were inaugurated in 1865. See University of the State of New York for some history and some sources.--orlady 13:59, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Wow, thanks! I've been reading a history of standardized testing, which was where I got the date in the 1920's, and had no idea they were so old. It seems like this page really ought to have a history section -- I guess I should find out more before trying to write one, though. -Semisomna 14:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Me neither. So why isn't that in the Regents article as well? it should be. 204.52.215.107 05:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cellphone noise = 0?

can anyone verify if this policy is actually true?--Jdb00 23:36, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes. It says so right on the test, I believe, and it happened to somebody while I was taking a Regents this past June.

I meant to say, while I was taking the Regents, a person was in the room and had their test voided because of a cell phone ringing.

[edit] It's finally where it should be

Apparently people's requests for info to be added on were met at some time or another, but the end result was a long, almost incoherent header. I did the smart thing and broke it up into a few sections: Header, History, Protocol (the rules for proctors and even the cell phone rule), Diploma Eligibility and made Types of Exams a subsection of Diploma Eligibility. It looks really nice and well organized now. I also fixed up some of the typos from that area. Of course it could still use some more sources, but that's a lesser concern right now.

Just doing my part to help out, -Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 15:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)