While a Blue Ribbon Commission studies whether to change graduation requirements, the State Education Department has scheduled transition dates for new Regents exams in math, science and English language arts.

The first to be based on the state’s Next Generation Learning Standards will be next school year’s Algebra I exam.

In 2024–25, the new exams for Geometry; Earth and Space Sciences; and Life Science/Biology will be administered. In 2025–26, new exams are slated for Algebra II, Chemistry, Physics and ELA.

SED has posted an informational memo and table detailing the first and last administration of each exam. Materials for each new exam, including an educator guide, will be made available during the school year prior to the first administration of that exam, SED says. The learning standards for each subject area have been available for several years, but the new tests have been delayed due to COVID-19.

Instructional timelines are available at nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction.