By Eugene Barnes
For the last couple of years, the topic of keeping Regents has been discussed by many people from students and teachers all the way to New York state officials. Many students believe the state should get rid of the Regents exam altogether and make it so your class grade is the only thing that determines if you pass the class or not. On the other hand, NYS officials think the Regents should stay and they are important in determining if a kid has the right skills for life beyond high school. Many people believe that Regents exams are a waste of time and are not a good way of measuring how much a kid has learned in a year. Data obtained by Chalkbeat suggests, “that the temporary policy change — first canceling the English Regents and then not requiring a passing score on it to graduate in 2020-21 — removed a hurdle for English language learners trying to earn their diplomas. More English learners graduated during that time period, far fewer of whom passed the English Regents exam.” This sounds like a good thing but in all reality, it is actually bad. Making it so the Regents are not needed to pass means that those kids might not have the same reading and writing skills as kids who did pass the Regents. I think Regents need to be reworked. Regents should not be the only factor in deciding if kids are ready to graduate from high school. A way to stop this from happening is to make the curriculum more focused on the skills of the Regents so that even if a kid fails the regents they are still prepared for life out of school or for when they go to college.
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Lynn Girven
1/31/2023 03:43:53 pm
I agree. When I was in high school it was a choice, and now it is mandatory.
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