The New York State Assembly chamber.
Ambitions to kill it are dashed. Hopes to reform it are faint. The smart money is now on legislators renewing 421-a as is for a very short spell. Here’s a preview of what we’ll be arguing about in, say, December.
The Regents system of exit exams makes New York about the toughest state in which to graduate high school. Nearly a quarter of students don’t graduate on time, a high price to pay given the lack of evidence that a single, standardized test fairly or accurately measures what young people have learned.
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