NY families, teachers blast bio Regents: 'Nothing we learned'
It might as well have been rocket science!
Students, parents and teachers are blasting this year's biology Regents for failing to included material kids learned and studied for — instead asking unexpected questions about earth science and chemistry.
The state-administered 'Life Science: Biology' and 'Earth and Space Science' tests were new this year, replacing the 'Living Environment' and 'Physical Setting/Earth Science' exams, respectively.
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3 Students took to TikTok to express their frustration over the 2025 Life Science: Biology Regents.
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'Why was there Earth Science and chemistry sneaking onto my biology test?' one student said in a TikTok post, joining the chorus of complaints on the platform following the June 10 exam.
'What the actual f–k was that biology regents,' complained another New York teen, likening it to the earth science Regents he took the year before. 'Why was there EROSION AND SAND DUNES? . . . Where the flip was meiosis, mitosis, mitochondria, reproduction, homeostasis.'
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'POV: Me after flipping every single page of the 2025 bio regents just to see NOTHING THAT WE LEARNED FOR 10 MONTHS,' exclaimed another kid on TikTok.
Pictures surfaced of confusing hand-drawn diagrams about starches, proteins and amino acids.
'The question seems like chemistry to me,' said one NYC specialized high school teacher.
3 Students, parents and teachers were shocked by earth science and chemistry questions on the biology exam, according to online posts.
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Many criticized the exam as wordy and filled with writing prompts more reminiscent of an English Language Arts test.
'This was a heavy reading test, where a lot of the reading seemed extraneous to the question/science,' said one special education teacher. 'I was reading it aloud to kids with IEPs, and stumbled over the odd wording.'
The earth science exam got a similar reaction, according to reports.
3 A section of the exam had to do with erosion and seawall construction, according to posts on social media.
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'Our kids were well prepared, what they weren't prepared for was an exam that didn't match the blueprint we were given,' said Jericho Assistant Superintendent Ivy Sherman at a school board meeting last week. 'There were a ton of things wrong with this exam.'
The state told The Long Island Press that plenty of materials were given out for the new standards but some schools might not have implemented them.
Parents and teachers are submitting their complaints about the new tests to the state.
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