Changes to NY State and Regents testing for 2010-11

August 2010

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) announced that it will not eliminate January 2011 Regents exams but will continue with its plan to do away with  other assessments due to state budget cuts.

Deficit reduction measures by the Regents during the 2010-11 school year will officially include:
  -  Elimination of Grades 5 and 8 Social Studies Exams
  -  Elimination of Grade 8 Second Language Proficiency Exams
  -  Elimination of August Administration of Algebra 2/Trigonometry and Chemistry Exams
  -  Elimination of high school Foreign Language Regents exams except for Spanish, French and Italian
  -  Elimination of Component Retesting in Math & English Language Arts
  - Discontinuation of paper-based scoring materials for Regents Exams. All scoring materials and answer keys will be posted to the Department’s
website and schools will be responsible for downloading prior to scoring.

CLICK HERE to read NYSED's press release.