Paul Gasparini, principal of Jamesville-DeWitt High School, talks in 2012 with Ben Shapiro, then a senior at the school. Many eighth- and ninth-graders at J-D and elsewhere will take two Regents ...

Nearly 150 school districts in New York state saw at least 90% of their students test proficient on Algebra I Regents exams during the 2022-2023 school year, according to state data. Of the 148 ...

New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

The bar keeps dropping on state math exams — and critics are saying it’s because officials are desperate for high graduation rates. Kids only need to score a measly 30 percent on this month’s Algebra ...