Regents
Exam Schedules For 2008-2011
THE STATE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT /
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF
David Abrams, Assistant
Commissioner
Office of Standards, Assessment,
and Reporting
March
2008
TO: District Superintendents
Superintendents
of Schools
Commissioner’s
Advisory Council on Nonpublic Schools
FROM: David Abrams
SUBJECT: Regents
Examination Dates for January and June, 2009-2011
Provided here are the final dates
for the January and June Regents Examination periods for
2009
and 2010, along with the tentative dates for the 2011 administrations.
Having this information
now
will enable schools to establish their calendars and facilitate planning and
arrangements for
important
events such as staff development activities, class trips, and commencement
exercises.
The final dates provided below
are similar to those specified in the draft proposal of examination dates
distributed
for comment last November. Please note that beginning with the June 2008
Regents
Examination period
secondary-level examinations will be administered during both the morning and
afternoon
sessions on the first day. The Department will not be adding any extra time
beyond this
additional
half day of testing to either the June 2009 or June 2010 examination periods as
the new
Regents Examinations in Geometry
and Algebra 2/Trigonometry are phased in. It is our intention that
the
first time each of these examinations is available, it will be scheduled for
the first morning during
its
initial administration period. This will aid in standard setting and subsequent
score validation
activities
associated with the implementation of the three new Regents Examinations in
mathematics
being
phased in, one new examination per year, through June 2010.
Our primary consideration is to
make these examination periods as conducive to student achievement
as
possible. We believe that the testing dates presented here will enable us to
provide examination
schedules
that are equitable for all students and that minimize conflicts for students
with disabilities.
In each June examination
period, the last date indicated is the
Rating
Day. No examinations will be scheduled on
this day.
January June
2009
Tuesday, January 27
through
Tuesday, June 16
through
2010
Tuesday, January 26
through
Tuesday, June 15
through
2011
TENTATIVE
Tuesday, January 25
through
TENTATIVE
Wednesday, June 15
through
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