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ctindel t1_j9m3wf9 wrote

> I have always advocate for reform for public schools to return to its once glory.

What were the glory days of NYC public schools and what about them was glorious?

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KaiDaiz t1_j9m4gea wrote

When we actually taught students, had standards and tracked as many promising students as possible of all background. The passing grade for math regents these days is < 1/3 questions correct. What kind of fuked up math is that.

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ctindel t1_j9m518e wrote

I thought they had to get a 65 out of 100?

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KaiDaiz t1_j9m5uoh wrote

65 doesn't mean 65% of questions correct or raw scores

How bad the problem is now

https://medium.com/@newyorkteacher/guessing-c-for-every-answer-is-now-enough-to-pass-the-new-york-state-algebra-exam-93bac55b3e24

Heres the 2015 grading chart and each yr the raw score been getting lower to get passing grade

https://www.nysedregents.org/algebraone/615/algone62015-cc.pdf

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ctindel t1_j9mapy8 wrote

Oh yeah I remember reading this when it was posted. Haha thanks for the sad reminder of the current state of NY education. I don’t know that there was ever really a golden era of NYC schools where they were generally as good (and producing as good results) as the suburbs though.

People in my parents and grandparents generation just dropped out a lot more instead.

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