As the state moves away from Regents exams, progress on revamped graduation requirements has been slow
Diana Dombrowski
Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK
“After a heralded state commission recommended major changes to New York’s high school graduation requirements in November, two things became clear.
• First, there is widespread agreement that New York’s entrenched Regents exams need to be replaced or supplemented as the primary means to determine whether students are ready to graduate. New York is one of only nine states that still require such high school “exit exams.”
• Second, the state has not yet set a path toward creating alternative ways to assess students nor a timetable for doing so. And the process, which is sure to be difficult, is likely to take years.
“What’s concerning to me is that, you know, that commitment to this kind of project has to be maintained for years and years,” said Christine Clayton, an education professor at Pace University.”