New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...

Scores on Algebra 1 Regents exam plummeted by 14 percentage points at south Queens schools that used a controversial new curriculum teachers have blasted as “a complete disaster,” a superintendent ...

Charter-school network Success Academy had all of its eighth-graders take the state Algebra 1 Regents exam last year — and notched a 99 percent pass rate, the network said Monday. All told, 426 ...

BUFFALO, NY - When New York State rolled out its first regents exam based on the common core in algebra last year, it made no bones about the fact the test would be much harder. But at the same time, ...

Some Capital Region students will get the pleasure of taking not one but two Regents exams in algebra this month. On Tuesday, students who began studying algebra this year will have to take the ...

The bar keeps dropping on state math exams — and critics are saying it’s because officials are desperate for high graduation rates. Kids only need to score a measly 30 percent on this month’s Algebra ...

Mathematics is a difficult subject for many students. But the New York State Department of Education made it even tougher this year when it adopted yet another high school mathematics curriculum — its ...

An entire graduating class at one charter school in Concourse Village is showing their New York peers that hard work pays off. Every student who took the Algebra 1 Regents at Success Academy Bronx 2 ...