New York cancels U.S. History Regents exam after Buffalo shooting

New York cancels U.S. History Regents exam after Buffalo shooting

May 24, 2022 by New York Daily News

Key Facts

  • The state Education Department is canceling the U.S.
  • History Regents exam in June after determining the test could “compound student trauma caused by” the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, the agency announced Tuesday.
  • The exam — part of the state’s graduation requirements for high schoolers — was originally scheduled for June 2 and was printed and packaged before the racist killing of 10 Black people in a grocery store on May 14, state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa said.
  • State officials reviewed the test afterward and determined that some of the content could be inappropriate in light of the “new and unexpected context” created by the shooting, Rosa added.

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