Re: NY State Physics Regents exams

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 Lee Amosslee <lee@shopinberkeley.com> wrote:
> "How valuable are the Regents?"
>
> ***I always found them to be extremely valuable for the following
> reasons:
> 1. Students think twice before being absent from class because every day
> counts. The class suffers when days are wasted for frivolous reasons.
> 2. The teacher is appreciated more as a "helper" to get the students

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> *** In New York State the final grades are given by the teacher before
> students
> sit for their regents exams. If the regents exam score is much higher, or
>
> lower, the teacher may raise or lower the student's grade with
> permission.

Pray tell, whose permission?

bc

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> Herb Gottlieb from New York City
> (Where physics regents examinations are a welcome blessing for our new
> physics teachers, after the shock of the first year or two is over)