{"id":347004,"date":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347004\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:02:13","slug":"ny-scraps-high-school-regents-exam-graduation-requirement-starting-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347004\/","title":{"rendered":"NY scraps high school Regents exam graduation requirement starting in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2019s education policy-making board passed a resolution Monday phasing out the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/11\/us-news\/ny-high-school-students-will-no-longer-need-to-pass-regents-exams-to-graduate-under-new-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">requirement that students pass a series of Regents exams<\/a> to earn a high school diploma.<\/p>\n<p>Current 12th graders will be the last graduating class required to pass at least four Regents exams in math, English, science and Global Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Students on track to graduate in 2028 will no longer be required to pass the exams to finish high school, but they will still take them.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40817227\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hands-university-student-holding-pen-141129873.jpg\" alt=\"Students taking an exam in a classroom.\" class=\"wp-image-40817227\"\/>New York\u2019s current high school seniors will be the last class required to take the Regents exams to earn diplomas. AimPix \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Regents directed the state Department of Education to make all <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/18\/opinion\/this-is-the-final-nail-in-new-yorks-worthless-diploma-coffin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regents exams<\/a> optional and to develop alternative graduation requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The new requirements could include portfolios, which focus on long-term projects, problem solving and critical thinking instead of mostly multiple choice tests.<\/p>\n<p>Education officials are calling the new graduation requirements \u201cNY Inspires\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNY Inspires is fundamentally about strengthening teaching and learning and creating deeper, more meaningful educational experiences for every student. By maintaining rigorous standards while giving students more opportunities to apply their knowledge, think critically, solve problems, and demonstrate what they know and can do, we are better preparing them for college, careers, civic life, and the future,\u201d said state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese transformations will give educators greater opportunities to engage students in high-quality learning while providing a more complete picture of student growth and achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40817222\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/student-hand-testing-test-exam-141129868.jpg\" alt=\"A student fills in circles on a multiple-choice answer sheet with a pencil.\" class=\"wp-image-40817222\"\/>The DOE will be tasked with coming up with alternative graduation requirements. smolaw11 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Even backers of rigorous standards such as senior fellow Ray Domanico of the Manhattan Institute said the Regents exams in recent decades were a bust, dumbed down to maintain or bolster graduation rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results were not meaningful. There was exam `scrubbing\u2019, cheating,\u201d Domanico, the veteran education researcher, told The Post..<\/p>\n<p>The big question is what diploma requirement the Education Department will propose to replace the Regents exams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has to be a meaningful way to determine if students are meeting expectations. They have to come out of high school prepared,\u201d Domanico said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s education policy-making board passed a resolution Monday phasing out the requirement that students pass a series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9118,44771,11182,57,9,24,55,54,56,58],"class_list":["post-347004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-board-of-regents","tag-graduation","tag-high-schools","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}