The Regents are a set of standardized tests given to high school students in the U.S. state of New York. The exams are designed and administered under the authority of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, whence the name is derived.
Required Exams
Students in New York State must pass five Regents Exams (Math A, Global History and Geography, US History and Geography, Comprehensive English, and any science subject) with a score of 65 or higher in order to receive a Regents school diploma. If a student scores a 85 or higher on a Regents examination, they are judged to have achieved mastery level. If a student has an average of 90 or higher on all Regents exams taken, a Regents diploma with distinction is awarded. Most Regents examinations are offered every January, June, and August, except as otherwise indicated below. All Regents are three hours long except the Comprehensive English exam, which consists of two separate three-hour exam periods on consecutive days. Also, several of the language Regents have oral exams which are administered before the written test and are not a part of the three hour time limit.
List of Exams
New York State Regents given:
- Mathematics
- Math A - roughly corresponding to Algebra I
- Math B
- Science
- The Living Environment
- Chemistry/The Physical Setting
- Earth Science/The Physical Setting
- Physics/The Physical Setting - only offered in January and June
- Languages Other Than English, only offered every June
- Social Studies
- US History and Government
- Global History and Geography
- English Language Arts
- Comprehensive English
In 2005, the Board of Regents began modifying the mathematics curriculum. An integrated approach that taught geometry and algebra in all three years with concepts being studied at higher levels in later years was replaced with a more traditional sequence of algebra I, geometry and algebra II. Accordingly, the Math A and Math B exams will be eliminated and be replaced by three new exams, Integrated Algebra, Integrated Geometry, and Integrated Algebra II and Trigonometry. These changes have not gone into effect yet and may still be changed.
External Links
New York State Board of Regents
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