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Appeal to Graduate with Lower Score on Regents Exam



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Appeal to Graduate with Lower Score on Regents Exam


All students who have taken and passed certain courses in preparation to take a Regents examination and have a 65 course average but whose highest score on the Regents examination is below but within five points of the 65 passing score may appeal to graduate with a local or Regents diploma using this lower score. Through this appeal, the student seeks a waiver of the graduation assessment requirement in this subject area. The appeal form is available at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/gradreq/Documents/CurrentAppealForm.pdf . Schools must send a copy of this form to the Office of State Assessment at 775 EBA, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234 and another copy to the Office of Information and Reporting Services at 860 EBA, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234.
Students seeking to appeal with required Regents examination scores between 60 and 64, and students with disabilities seeking a local diploma using the low pass safety net with required Regents examination scores between 52 and 54, must meet the following criteria to demonstrate that they meet the State Learning Standards:


  1. Have taken the Regents examination under appeal at least two times;

  2. Have at least one score on the Regents examination under appeal within the score band stated above;

  3. Present evidence that the student has taken advantage of academic help provided by the school in the subject tested by the Regents examination under appeal;

  4. Have a course average in the subject under appeal (as evidenced in the official transcript that records grades achieved by the student that meets or exceeds the required passing grade by the school); and

  5. Be recommended for an exemption to the graduation requirement by the student’s teacher or Department chairperson in the subject of the Regents examination under appeal.

English Language Learners who first entered school in the United States in grade 9 or above seeking to appeal with a score between 55 and 59 on the required Regents examination in English language arts must meet the following criteria to demonstrate that they meet the State Learning Standards:




  1. Have taken the required Regents examination in English language arts under appeal at least two times;

  2. Have been identified as an English Language Learner at the time the student took the Regents examination in English language arts the second time;

  3. Have at least one score on the required Regents examination in English language arts between 55 and 59;

  4. Present evidence that the student has taken advantage of academic help provided by the school in English language arts;

  5. Have a course average in English language arts (as evidenced in the official transcript that records grades achieved by the student) that meets or exceeds the required passing grade by the school; and

  6. Be recommended for an exemption to the graduation requirement by the student’s teacher or department chairperson in English language arts.

There is no restriction as to when a student earns a qualifying score on the Regents examination under appeal. Any student who has met all of the graduation requirements by June 2016 (or thereafter), with the exception of the examination(s) under appeal, is eligible for an appeal if they meet each of the revised eligibility criteria.

Approval of this appeal will not change the student’s score on the Regents examination under appeal. The district must report the actual scored earned on the Regents examination, not a 65, through SIRS. In the fall, the district will also need to report the information from this appeal on the district’s BEDS form at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/beds.


Additional information, including the appeal form, is available at: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/gradreq/CurrentAppealForm.pdf.

Backmapping for Feeder Schools


A “feeder” school is an elementary school that only serves students in grades below grade 3 (1, 2, 1–2, K–1, K–2) and, therefore, does not administer the NYSTP assessments. Accountability decisions for feeder schools are based on a procedure known as “backmapping”. Backmapping is a method by which the grade 3 assessment score of a student is attributed to the feeder school in which the student was enrolled before entering grade 3 as well as to the school in which the student took the grade 3 assessment. All schools with students who are in grade 3 (or are ungraded age equivalent to grade 3) in the current school year and who attended a feeder school during one of the previous school years must report these students in SIRS with a Backmapping BEDS Code (field 27 in the Student_Lite Template) that identifies the feeder school from which the student came. A list of feeder schools required to do backmapping is available at: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/sirs. Schools with prekindergarten, Kindergarten, or prekindergarten to Kindergarten only are not required to do backmapping.

Schools serving grade 3 students who come from feeder schools within the district are required to identify the feeder schools on the students’ grade 3 SIRS records only when the students were continuously enrolled in the highest grade served by the feeder schools. For example, a school must identify the feeder school for a grade 3 student who was enrolled as a grade 2 student in a K–2 school from BEDS day until the end of the school year in which they exited the building. The performance of this student on the grade 3 assessments in ELA and math will be part of the accountability calculations for the feeder school in these subjects.


Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS)



Beginning in 2015-16, both general-education students and students with disabilities may earn a Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) credential. Students who fulfill the requirements for earning a CDOS credential in addition to meeting graduation course and credit requirements and passing one Regents examination in English, science, mathematics, and social studies must be reported with Career Path Code “CDOS.”


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