<p>I've never put a minute into studying for New York Regents Exams, but other people I've talked to say they study a lot. Do you guys ever study for your state's exams?</p>
<p>i went to a magnet school,
so nobody actually studied for them,
and when FCATs came around everyone was happy
because we didn’t have to go to real class</p>
<p>but ny is known for having unusually tough tests, i think</p>
<p>Nope, never.</p>
<p>I remember the Stanford 9 being a big deal in elementary school. Now we have the CST, and the administrators make a much bigger deal out of it, but nobody cares. And I don’t have to take it as a Senior. The funny thing was that I took “Cumulative High School Math” in 10th grade and got my first ever perfect score (after a decade of 1 or 2 wrong), but when I took it again last year apparently I did a lot worse. I also got 100% on US History and Chem last year, which was pretty funny.</p>
<p>No. No one does. And everyone passes. Our teachers actually tell us to dumb down our answers because if we write in a complex manner, the graders might not know all of what we do and take off points.</p>
<p>Maryland state exams are so easy. You don’t even have to pass all of them if you get a certain combined score (i.e., pass one and just barely fail all of the others). No, I never studied for them. We had general testing in elementary and middle school and High School Assessments in Government, Biology, Algebra I, and English 10. I don’t think anyone in my honors classes scored less than the 90th percentile.</p>
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<p>LOL We were told the same thing! Especially for Government and Biology. We were told to write bare bones essays, or else we might include information that the graders didn’t know and we’d be marked down for it. We were also told to stick with the given formula for English 10 or else our graders might mark us down.</p>
<p>No. They are poorly written and a waste of time.</p>
<p>At my school, the class of 2009 did so badly on the NECAPS that we now get points towards our final grades if we do well. It’s incredible, up to three points added to your final grade if you score in the range of “excellence” in the corresponding subject.</p>
<p>Oh, and they make us study during homeroom all year long. It sucks.</p>
<p>Personally, I studied for NY Regents because they either were my final for the class or were the same material (a little less in some cases) of what was on my final. I mean, they were content-based, and I liked the incentive of “100 or bust”…I ended up doing very well :P</p>
<p>my parents made me study for the algebra state HS test when i took it in 7th grade.</p>
<p>they got very angry when i looked at them like they were crazy.</p>
<p>applicannot: our state made it so you didn’t even have to write essays anymore. not even on english.</p>
<p>apparently writing is too hard for HS students.</p>
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This best part: the only levels of ability that students be classified under are “Proficient” and “Basic”.</p>
<p>Nope, I never studied for a regents by myself. From basically the beginning of May, half of my classes started review so we’ve been doing practice regents all the time. All of them are pretty easy for me (global:get 100s and 98s and practices, spanish: not worried about, english: this is the only class we haven’t done review so I’m a little worried, but I know it won’t be bad, math b: a little worried because I had to retake the math a to get in the 90s [89 first time], and chemistry: not worried about).</p>
<p>Do any of you actually get anything for doing well from the state? If all that matters is pass rate, why is 100% better than 80%?</p>
<p>I don’t. I generally get an advanced pass, which is a 500-600 (90%+).
In world history, my weakest class in high school, I managed a 92% I believe.</p>
<p>They are so easy!</p>
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<p>Two people in my school got the lowest score needed to pass last year and the school sort of freaked out. So not freaking out the school?</p>
<p>I mean, if you get 80% instead of 100% on a test (I’m assuming an 80 is a pass), does that matter?</p>
<p>California used to offer a scholarship to people that did well on a certain Algebra I and Geometry test. Then the state ran out of money.</p>
<p>I study only a little bit really… although a couple of the NYS Regents are tricky (Math B, Chem, Physics etc)</p>
<p>Catholic school = no standardized testing.</p>
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<p>HAHAHA only in America. We had more essays on the government HSA than the English HSA. What!?</p>