NEW YORK - High school students around New York state are getting ready for a rite of passage: Regents exams. The statewide standard exams test knowledge in core subjects, including: In order to ...

The Issue: New York getting rid of the Regents exams as a graduation requirement ... While our competitors in the global economy place a greater emphasis on student mastery of skills, too many ...

More school districts across Long Island recorded passage rates of 90% or better during the latest administrations of state Regents ... fear state exams in U.S. history and global history will ...