Does a Regents examination score of 65 indicate that 65 percent of questions were answered correctly?
• No. The passing score of 65 is not intended to indicate answering 65 percent of questions correctly. It indicates achievement of the State Learning Standards, as determined by a committee of New York State teachers during standard setting, as described above. • New York State has chosen to use a 100-point scale with 65 as the standard for passing. Though it may look like the scoring of Regents examinations as in the past, it is a scale score, not a raw score or a percentage correct score. • The Department could have chosen a scale other than the 100 percent scale. The SAT uses 200 to 800. Advanced Placement tests use 1 to 5. We use 1 to 4 on the elementary and intermediate tests.
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