HIGH SCHOOL TESTS SUCH AS REGENTS AND RCTS
Students take the Regents exams in the high school to receive a Regents
diploma or an advanced Regents diploma. If students have difficulty passing
these exams and are designated as Special Education students, they are allowed
to take an RCT in that content area to receive a local diploma or an IEP
diploma. All students, except a very
few Special Education students receiving an IEP diploma, must take the Regents
exams. Some Special Education
students will take both the Regents and the RCT exams.
Starting with our freshman class for 2005-06, they must each pass at least
two Regents exams with a grade of 65 or better during their high school career.
The Freshman class for 2006-07 will need to pass three Regents exams with
a 65 or better. For the next two
years after, each entering Freshman class will need to pass 4 and then 5 Regents
with a 65 or better.
Mandatory Regents exams are English 11, Math A, Global
Studies, US History, and at least one science such as Earth Science or Living
Environment. Elective Regents are
Chemistry, Physics, Math B, French and Spanish. We would like all students to
score in the 90s, but at the least, a grade of 85 or better.
Students may retake a Regents as many times as they wish to raise their
grade. The highest of the test
scores is used; the lower grades are discarded.
Just as in the elementary and middle grades, student grades
are level 1 through level 4. They
break down the following:
Level 1 0 54% on a Regents or dont pass the RCT
Level 2 55 64% on a Regents or pass the RCT
Level 3 65 84% on the Regents
Level 4 85 to 100% on the Regents
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