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the low rating requirements aside, am I understanding it correctly that this regents diploma is for people who finished secondary education? This is what they a

• HWR_14 4y ago
  You can start taking the Regents test as soon as you've taken the class (it's not just an exit exam). You have to have passed one math class to graduate. So, yes, this could be the step that stands between an 18-year-old and their diploma. However, if you're on a college track, you have to take more math classes and tests than just the lowest level one. So you probably take it in 9th grade. And there are a lot of levels above "pass" to compete for. So to pass you needed to get 17/86 points on the test. But the cutoff for people who care at all about their academics is 67/86. And those who want to get into the public universities and have a good courseload there are aiming for 76/86 on all their tests. And again those people are taking the test at 15, so they can take harder tests in subsequent years. That said it's still inexcusably bad.