NY Regents exams will stay around until at least 2030, as leaders work on overhaul
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NY Regents exams will stay around until at least 2030, as leaders work on overhaul By News10NBC Student taking a test (file photo) ALBANY, N.Y. — Despite New York State’s push to eliminate Regents exams as a high school graduation requirement, the exams will stick around until at least 2030. During a meeting in Albany this week, the state’s Department of Education proposed to keep the tests until spring of 2030 while it works to create new forms of high school assessments in English, math, and science. The State Board of Regents voted in September to phase out Regents exams, in hopes of creating a better form of testing students’ learning. The Department of Education has until February of 2027 to formally present a new system. In addition, the Board of Regents is planning to let students earn a diploma through work outside the classroom, like apprenticeships. News10NBC spoke with a Henrietta sheet metal company about the idea.