The Brief
- A Long Island school district is raising concerns over an Earth Science Regents exam.
- The exam was addressed at a Jericho School Board meeting.
- Jericho School District Superintendent Hank Grisham told FOX 5 NY’s Jodi Goldberg that the state’s Education Department has made several mistakes over the years.
LONG ISLAND – New York students are taking to social media to express their frustration over this year’s Earth Science Regents exam – an exam that featured questions about toll payments instead of weather.
‘Am I supposed to know this?’
What we know:
Two eighth graders spoke to FOX 5 NY’s Jodi Goldberg about the exam they took.
“The test felt like a reading comprehension test,” one student, Andy Ryoo, told Goldberg, “One of the questions was about toll payments – weather wasn’t covered, which is a huge topic, and we spent months on it.”
As of right now, New York students must pass at least four of the three-hour Regents exams to earn a Regents diploma; New York is in the minority of states that require exit exams to graduate high schools.…