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 ...

NEW YORK -- New York state has proposed letting eighth-graders skip the statewide math test if they take the algebra Regents test. that the state would have to get clearance from the U.S. Department ...

Paul Gasparini, principal of Jamesville-DeWitt High School, talks in 2012 with Ben Shapiro, then a senior at the school. Many eighth- and ninth-graders at J-D and elsewhere will take two Regents ...

State Education Commissioner Richard Mills yesterday ordered a sweeping investigation of the validity of the math Regents exam, opening the door to invalidating the test and forcing thousands to ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school ...