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Certain Regents exams face scrutiny for not reflecting curriculum that was taught

Certain Regents exams face scrutiny for not reflecting curriculum that was taught

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With the loss of federal funding, WLIW-FM needs your support now more than ever. Consider a donation today to help keep us going. Click here to donate online or call 800-262-0717. ***New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is projected to be the winner of his Democratic primary, fending off two challengers.The Associated Press projected a DiNapoli victory based on results from the state Board of Elections.With nearly three-quarters of the election districts reporting, DiNapoli led with 60% of the vote.Steve Hughes reports in NEWSDAY that the NYS comptroller manages the $295 billion state pension fund and serves as the state’s chief fiscal watchdog.DiNapoli, 72, of Great Neck Plaza and a lifelong resident of Long Island, has been in office since 2007.He will face Republican Joseph Hernandez in November.In the Town of East Hampton, incumbent Democratic Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez defeated East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen. Final results were still trickling in last night, but Larsen conceded to Burke-Gonzalez. As of late Tuesday, Burke-Gonzalez had 2,054 votes to Larsen’s 1,245 — or 62 percent to 38 percent. With no Republican on the November ballot, Burke-Gonzalez victory in yesterday’s primary likely determines that she will continue to lead East Hampton Town next year.Meanwhile, Brendan J. O’Reilly reports on 27east.com that Chris Gallant, a veteran from Amity Harbor, is now the 2026 Democratic nominee in the race to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District, having bested Lukas Ventouras of Northport in that primary election yesterday.Gallant’s insurmountable lead last night stood at 59.9 percent of the vote, 11,565 to 6,780.Gallant, 37, now faces two-term incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Nick LaLota, 47, of Amityville in the general election this November.***This year's Earth and Space Sciences and Biology Regents exams are drawing scrutiny from local school leaders and parents, who say the questions did not reflect the curriculum taught to students and contained errors.Lorena Mongelli reports in NEWSDAY that as a result, officials in several Long Island school districts have said they will not count the scores from the two exams, which were administered last Thursday, if they hurt a student’s final average.“We were not able to review the test until the day of the exam ... We began to see that there were some questions we had particular concerns about," said John Murphy, principal of Walt Whitman High School in the South Huntington district, one of the school districts that has raised concerns about the exams.State Education Department spokesman JP O'Hare in a statement yesterday said classroom instruction, overseen by local schools, was responsible for ensuring the curriculum aligned with state standards.“Through the New York State Education Department’s extensive, industry-standard test development processes, carried out in collaboration with hundreds of NYS teachers, we are confident that the Regents Exams are well-aligned with the state’s learning standards," O'Hare said. He said in the coming weeks the exam will be posted publicly, including scoring materials.This is the second year in a row that the biology and earth science Regents exams have been criticized for asking about material not covered in class.Timothy Eagen, president of Suffolk County School Superintendents Association told NEWSDAY on Tuesday, “This is a complex issue that deserves thoughtful examination from multiple perspectives, with students and their ability to fairly demonstrate their learning remaining at the center of the conversation...For Earth and Space Science, teachers have noted meaningful differences in this year’s exam compared to previously released versions that had been used to guide instruction and student preparation. For Biology, concerns have been raised regarding errors identified within portions of the examination,” he said.While the state Education Department will no longer require students to pass Regents exams to graduate high school, beginning with students who started ninth grade in 2024, they must continue taking the exams until fall 2027 due to state and federal mandates requiring assessments, according to the state. ***NYS Attorney General Letitia James’s office yesterday released the body camera footage of the fatal shooting of a Northampton man by Southampton Town Police officers last month on Mother’s Day.Michael Wright reports on 27east.com that the camera footage shows that the officers fired six shots at the man, Steven Eastwood, as he stood over his mother’s prone body in her home, stabbing her repeatedly with a large knife.The footage from the bodycams of all three officers starts as they dash from the driveway toward the home on Topping Drive on the afternoon of May 10. The three officers had been dispatched to the property following a 911 call from Eastwood’s mother, who had said her son was at the house, intoxicated and ...
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