[Vision2020] 72% of New York State 12th Graders Fail Regents Math Exam. Test Will Be Regraded.

[John Harrell]

72% of New York State 12th Graders Fail Regents Math Exam. Test Will Be Regraded. 
Newsday ^ | August 30, 2003 |
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-math-test,0,6312595.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

ALBANY, N.Y. -- State officials have regraded a standardized math test that 
most New York high-schoolers failed this year, transforming failing marks into 
passing ones for thousands of students. 

Rather than rescoring all the math Regents exams, the state Department of 
Education released tables Friday to regrade the tests to more closely match 
the 2002 test results. For example, a ninth- or 10th-grader who received a 47 
percent or 48 percent score in June now has a passing grade of 65.

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It seems a lot of this "regrading", or "normalizing of tests", are taking place.

Cheers!
John Harrell

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