<p>Sybbie, I’m not sure i understand what you are saying. In your above post you state that they will need to take the A1 and the IA Regents, but the quote above that you posted says that they only take the IA if they want to, along w/the A1. This is what we were told.</p>
<p>Effective this year, students will have to take both exams. </p>
<p>Right now credit by exam is only for IA. NYSED Part 100.5 credit by exam has not yet been updated to reflect the new exam changes in mathematics since the CC has not yet be given, scored or normed by the state. I would expect to see changes that will align with the new testing. </p>
<p>If your son takes the IA regents in June, he will also have to take the CC exam in math (especially if he is looking to get hs credit) since the IA regents will be phased out shortly. </p>
<p>IA course is being renamed Algebra but will pretty much be covering the same content. If your son is looking to get HS credit from his middle school in IA/A which ever one they offer (who are the only ones who can grant the credit, the school will have to make sure that they correctly code the course, that he gets HS credit and not MS credit. If a student comes to high school with the regents exam and not the credit, the hs cannot update the transcript and give him credit that he should have gotten in middle school (we will make him sit for the course again because he will need the credit).</p>
<p>You need to find out what your school’s policy is for accelerating credit.</p>
<p>Ok. Your quote above (as I understand it) says that they must take the CC version, but may also take the old one. I don’t see it as they need to take both. (Or do you mean kids who are testing out and haven’t actually taken the class?) Anyway, at our school right now the policy is that 7th and 8th graders taking Algebra must take the CC version but can take both if they want to. It is a HS class for HS credit. DD is in 10th and finished all of her Math Regents last year, as did many other kids. I suppose YMMV, but I got a notice just yesterday from the school. It said he automatically takes the CC version, but that I may sign him up for both. (I’m not going to.) Thanks!</p>
<p>Zoe, perhaps you should should have a separate thread because I was answering Oniongrass’s question.</p>
<p>You need to find out how your school is going to handle this. </p>
<p>In order for your son to get HS credit, even though they are accelerating the course, you must make sure that it is coded at your middle school as a high school course. If he is taking Algebra in school and taking the CC if he does well (there is no scoring on the exam yet, he should be fine). </p>
<p>Remember that the state introduced 3 new diplomas last year, which will probably be a game changer by the time your son applies to college. The 3 diplomas are advanced regents with mastery in mathematics, advanced regents with mastery in science and advanced regents with mastery in math and science.</p>
<p><a href=“NYS introduces 3 new advanced regents diplomas - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1407547-nys-introduces-3-new-advanced-regents-diplomas.html</a></p>
<p>If he takes IA regents and the CC exam in math, he will get the higher of the 2 scores (if he is looking to get an advanced regents with Mastery diploma, he will need an 85 on an exam). Since the common core is in its first administration, you have no idea as to how it is going to be scored (but it is supposed to be harder than the regents).</p>
<p>My son is not receiving any instruction (CC or otherwise) in IA or AI, other than what he’s getting at home, but he knows his stuff. My main concern is to be able to accelerate his courses in a district where the fastest established track is IA in 8th, Geometry in 9th, A2T in 10th. If I could get his “nose under the tent” of the high school this way, say by spending mornings in 8th grade at the MS and afternoons at the HS, there are several other courses and activities there that would be more suitable for him as well. This sounds like a really long shot to me, this district tends to want everyone to move at the predetermined pace, but I’ll ask as effectively as I can and see what they say.</p>
<p>If he has to take more versions of Regents exams, that is pretty stupid but I guess we will have asked for it. He tests well anyway. Our MS is very clear that IA is a high school course and marks it as a high school credit on the middle school transcript, so I doubt the HS credit issue would fall through the cracks.</p>
<p>I just hope that in the interest of being “modern” or “inclusive”, the CC aligned exams aren’t mainly tests of their ability to be calculator jockeys. It sounds like the CC aligned SAT is going that way, with the talk of real world application, reading graphs, etc.</p>
<p>Good luck oniongrass, in our school, it was like pulling teeth to get the middle school to allow any acceleration beyond what they had in place. Even though there were precedents, it was like inventing the wheel every year. (I had parents call me regularly for years saying, “I heard you were able to get acceleration for your son, what did you do?” The school always acted like it had never happened before. And I’d made a similar call when we were trying to arrange things for my kid.) The high school was a completely different animal, they were highly receptive to any request. I’m glad we’re done with high school - things are going to be very confusing for the next year or two as they adjust to the new testing regime.</p>