If this year’s new 10th-grade ISTEP math exam had been used to determine graduation eligibility – like the Algebra 1 End of Course Assessment it's replacing – only a third of test-takers statewide ...
On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...
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 ...