Gothamist: Obama's Top Education Adviser Doesn't Like Regents Exams

jpeditor

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:59:43 -0500

Who needs Regents exams? As long as the future obamunists learn that America is evil, that sharia law is better than our Constitution, that America alone should cut all use of oil, and as long as they are also taught fisting, America will be a better place. /sarcasm off...

nycnewsjunkie

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:07:08 -0500

Hey lets be like most other states and just give out HS Diplomas like toilet paper. Oh, and why not get rid of 12th grade to save money and classroom space.

happymisanthrope

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:46:24 -0500

Wait? How does it not reflect knowledge of a subject? The Regents is just a state mandated final exam for a certain subject. To me, that's far more accurate than some tests (I'm looking at you Texas and the SAT) that only measures reading and math ability.

nivek

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:31:27 -0500

Don't forget that the Regents are too freaking easy. If this is our idea of standardized testing, it's no wonder we're so behind compared to the rest of the first world countries for average education quality.

Shinobi Shaw

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:06:18 -0500

Ides, the Whites are dropping as well. It's the Asians that seem to be rising.

ides_of_march

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:46:04 -0500

The only purpose of public education is to turn the little darlings into obedient, brainwashed future democrat voters.

pete

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:41:19 -0500

Regents tests=a whole market of new NY State only textbooks and curriculums for taxpayers to pay for and politicians to get kickbacks

ides_of_march

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:36:52 -0500

Black and hispanic kids fail them more than others so the test must be at fault, not to mention racially biased. That's just too bad for the white and Asian kids who study harder and do well on the tests. Individual merit? What's that?

bsalamon

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:20 -0500

The problem with the Regents was never the test it was the schools/teachers being told to teach one thing and having the regents test something different. Either way, as far as standardized testing goes, 4th graders now have to take standardized tests, which don't actually test their knowledge. They just test their ability to take a test. That is where the problem is.