State education officials indicated Monday they want to cancel standardized tests this year, but a decision from the federal government has prevented that.
Most Regents Exams Canceled for Hudson Valley Students
A major announcement was made in regards to Hudson Valley and New York students education.
On Monday, March 15, the New York State Education Department announced that the majority of Regents exams will be canceled. The announcement comes after the U.S. Department of Education did not cancel all mandatory exams for 2021. Instead, the Federal government encouraged schools to administer a shortened or modified version of the exams, according to AM NY.
AM NY reports only four federally mandated exams will be administered in New York. These exams will be math, English, earth science, and living environment (biology). They will be administered in June 2021. Students in grades 3-8 will only need to sit for one federally required test in English and math. Only one session of the written test for sciences will be administered for those in grades 4 through 8.
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New York students will still have to take state tests this year but they’ll be taking a lot fewer of them.
Earlier this year, the state Board of Regents had asked the federal Department of Education for a waiver to allow the state to cancel third through eighth grade math and English language arts tests as well as fourth and eighth grade science tests required by federal law. The tests were canceled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Regents wanted to cancel the tests again because of how differently teaching is being done in districts throughout the state.
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