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From http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2016/10/18/new-york-ed-officials-may-ask-for-35-million-to-revamp-state-tests-and-bring-back-foreign-language-regents-exams/#.WBKMFtzHs5R

New York ed officials may ask for $35 million to revamp state tests — and bring back foreign-language Regents exams
by Monica Disare
October 18, 2016

New York’s top education policymakers may ask legislators for roughly $34.9 million to help redesign state assessments, according to draft budget priorities discussed at a Board of Regents meeting on Monday.

The potential funding request, which was unveiled with a host of other possible priorities for the legislature, would go towards translating grades 3-8 math exams into different languages, reinstating foreign-language Regents exams, and preparing for “project-based assessments,” which evaluate students based on a series of tasks or projects.

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