New York State Education Commissioner Betsy Rosa announced on Tuesday that high school regents exams scheduled for January have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — New York state's high school graduation rate continued its slow climb in 2016, when 79.4 percent of students earned a diploma after four years.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — New York state's education commissioner says the Common Core tests to be given in the spring will be shorter than in previous years.
New York State education officials have released the results of the statewide English and math tests given to students in grades 3 through 8 in the spring.
Official numbers of those taking, and opting out, of this week's standardized tests in New York are not yet available but one thing is for certain. The number of those students who have opted out of the tests has grown.
The rhetoric has heated up this budget season as New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo attempts to make sweeping changes to public education. The budget is due by this Tuesday and Cuomo has threatened to hold back a large amount of funding if legislators fail to approve his new policy...
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's list of fiscally stressed schools is out and both the Herkimer and Utica school districts are on the top 15 list of the most fiscally distressed schools.
The Utica City School District is requesting a delay to give the administration more time to effectively implement the changes required by the Extended Learning Time Grant.