A sick ‘fix’ for failed schools — fake the test scores
If at first you don’t succeed on a Regents test — heck, just have your score boosted. That seems to be the practice at city schools, including some of the worst, in a blatant attempt to make them look...
View ArticleKids complain about ‘too hard’ NY math test
Dozens of city high schools sought to have students’ Regents scores scrubbed this year — and now other kids are complaining about the state’s tough new algebra exam administered last week. The state...
View ArticleHey de Blasio, stop f—king with the truth!
An early TV game show, “Truth or Consequences,” aimed to spoof contestants with zany stunts and surprises. It was all good fun, and even the losers came out winners. Something similar is happening in...
View ArticleMost students at basketball powerhouse flunk Common Core
These kids can score, but not on the Common Core. Most students at Brooklyn’s Abraham Lincoln High School — the basketball-powerhouse alma mater of hoops legends Stephon Marbury, Lance Stephenson and...
View ArticleAssistant principal ‘helped’ students cheat on Regents
An assistant principal at John Adams HS in Ozone Park, Queens, is accused of helping students on a Regents exam — on which nearly everyone in the class got almost all the answers correct, The Post has...
View ArticleMerryl Tisch to leave Board of Regents
Chancellor Merryl Tisch — a champion of charter schools and higher standards — announced Monday that she’s leaving the state Board of Regents when her term expires in March. Tisch has led the board...
View ArticleNY’s response to not enough kids passing a test? Make it easier to pass
Here’s a quiz: What should the state of New York do when its students aren’t learning algebra? Lower the grade needed to pass the class, of course. In 2013, the Board of Regents determined that...
View ArticleNew plan still might let students who flunk Regents graduate
Students who flunk Regents exams would still be able to graduate high school under a plan proposed Monday by the state Education Department. The agency’s proposal came the same day it announced that...
View ArticleAnti-Common Core activists seek control of teachers union
As the Cuomo administration tiptoes back from its testing mandates for Grades 3 to 8, opt-out activists are trying to wrest control of the United Federation of Teachers and the state Board of Regents...
View ArticleNew York’s diplomas leave too many kids out
While students in New York state struggle with the new Common Core-aligned Regents Exams, the state Board of Regents has another nasty surprise looming on the horizon. By 2022, students will not only...
View ArticleChanges to teacher-evals will make it harder to score high
The state Education Department is proposing changes to the evaluation system that could make it harder for teachers to earn top grades. Under the plan from acting state Education Commissioner Elizabeth...
View ArticleCity ‘fixes’ grades for failing high school students
How do you fix a failing high school? Change the grades. Under pressure to boost student achievement, the state-designated “out of time” Automotive HS in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has resorted to rigging...
View ArticleHigh school with 76% grad rate only prepped 4% for college
Bronxdale High School graduated 76 percent of its students last year — but just 4 percent met CUNY college readiness standards, The Post has learned. Critics blasted the discrepancy, arguing that...
View Article‘Anti-Israel’ political cartoon in Regents exam sparks outrage
A political cartoon riffing on the Mideast conflict appeared last week on a global-studies Regents exam — sparking cries of “anti-Israel propaganda” from some lawmakers, teachers and students. The...
View ArticleState apologizes for ‘anti-Israel’ cartoon on Regents exam
The New York State Education Department has apologized for including a political cartoon on its global studies Regents exam that critics charged was anti-Israel propaganda. The cartoon depicts three...
View ArticleUse these tips to help your kid ace the Common Core tests
Students can prepare for New York’s annual math and English tests by practicing the following essential skills and strategies. These tips, endorsed by local tutors, are important for kids in every...
View ArticleTeacher’s plan to leak exam answers to student completely backfires
A Bronx teacher cracked open last year’s state Regents history exam the morning of the test and secretly relayed questions to an honors student who hustled to plaster the info on Facebook,...
View ArticleRegents math test is easier to pass – thanks to low standards
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...
View ArticleEighth-graders are scoring ‘well below proficient’ in math: DOE
Tens of thousands of eighth-graders still face an uphill battle in high school despite the city’s boast that more students passed the 2017 state Common Core exams. In math, 21,738 city eighth-graders —...
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