Newsday analyzed recently-released state data of Regents exam scores for tests administered in August 2024, January 2025 and June 2025.

Students experiencing a major injury or other traumatic event could obtain an exemption from taking a state Regents exam under a regulatory change given preliminary approval Monday by state education ...

PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — It’s been a requirement for graduation for most of New York State public school students for generations, but now, the Regents Exams are on course to be dropped from ...

A former educator and City Council member from Brooklyn wants to do away with the statewide high school Regents exams, demanding alternatives he says will better measure student success. Councilmember ...

It’s no secret that our schools are struggling with a literacy crisis. We want to hear from you about it. The state education ...

Long Island students are outperforming the average test takers throughout the state in math and English — while New York City ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Could passing Regents exams to get a diploma soon be a thing of the past in New York? It's an idea that's been tossed around for years, but now there's a new push. Under a new set ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The public has a chance to chime in on changes that could end the Regents exam in New York State. The Board of Regents is holding input sessions across the state to allow the public to ...

Just eight U.S. states, New York among them, make students pass exit exams to graduate high school. Now comes word the Empire State may drop its Regents exams, spurring critics to howl that already ...

These standardized tests have a history in New York going back 150 years and have been used as a barometer for whether kids have received a good education before exiting high school. Students are ...

The scoring sheet for the 1935 Regents exam in Architecture. ALBANY — If some students think the New York Regents exams are hard now, imagine having to design an entire library — in what it termed ...