NY Cancels Statewide Standardized History Test Due to Concerns About Trauma Related to Buffalo Shooting

🗽New York State is canceling its statewide U.S History standardized test due to concerns that it contained content that could “compound student trauma caused” by the mass shooting in Buffalo.

In a tweet on Tuesday, the 🗽New York State 🎓Education Department wrote, “The 🗽New York State 🎓Education Department is committed to supporting our students and fellow community members following the heinous mass shooting in Buffalo.”

“Our experts determined that there is content on the new Regents Examination in U.S. History & Government (Framework) that has the potential to compound student trauma caused by the violence in Buffalo, which created an unexpected and unintended context for the planned assessment.

It added, “To appropriately support our students and their well-being in the wake of the tragedy in Buffalo, NYSED is canceling the June 2022 administration of the Regents Examination in U.S. History & Government (Framework).”

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