Rigor?  Or graduation rate?  Hmmm.. this has been the debate for the Algebra Regents for many years.

Click to access algone62015-exam.pdf

If seniors need a Regents for graduation, the bar cannot be set too high, which has been the reason that Integrated Algebra Regents/Math A etc have not had high intensity.  BUT this year all the seniors were taking ye olde Integrated Algebra and most of the Common Core takers were 8th and 9th graders.  Wondering if this will get easier as this year’s freshmen approach their 2018 graduation date.

The June 2015 Common Core Algebra I Regents was more challenging than previous: read here http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2716734 although one poster wrote that her students did great with
the materials from http://www.emathinstruction.com below:  Just got a copy in the mail and will be reviewing it for Gen Ed, Sp Ed and ELLs.