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NYSUT Policy Paper and Recommendations on the Decline in the Percentages of Regents Diplomas Awarded to High School Graduates, revised 6/7/90; version of 6/25, with cover letter from Cortese to Commissioner Sobol, July 20, 1990; reply from Sobol, noting follow-up actions by State Education Department, August 3, 1990; statistical charts re high school graduation rates by district, racial/ethnic group, or public/non-public school, 1987-1993

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Resolution supporting increasing essay question component of Regents examination and related issues, with handwritten edits, 1995

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Regents high school exams in physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science, 1994; NYSUT memo re translation of exams, with attached newspaper clippings, May 20, 1997; letter from Cortese to Commissioner Mills, objecting to moral relativism of 1996 English exam, July 12, 1996

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Agenda for meeting of NYSUT and NYSCOSS re Math A and Physics Regents Exams, June 25, 2003; confidential memo re NYSCOSS analysis of Physics and Math A Regents exams, June 24, 2003; talking points; State Education Department press release, "Commissioner Mills Makes Announcement on June Math A Regents Exam," June 24, 2003

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State Education Department independent panel report on Math A, October 1, 2003; statistical data; NYSUT press releases responding to Regents action; correspondence

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Press release, "State Education Department Issues New Scores for June 2002-June 2003 Regents Physics Exams," January 9, 2004; talking points; NYSUT phone survey of teachers, September 2003; correspondence

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Regents high school exams in U.S. history and government, 1991, and global studies, 1993; letter to Cortese from State Education Department lead specialist in social studies, noting essay questions requiring analysis rather than rote recall, September 21, 1993

Scope and Contents NYSUT publication, "Restructuring Education: A Reference Manual for Student Centered Education," February 1993; workbook for using the forum guidance to create a school restructuring plan; post-forum references ("summary of cognitive research over the last 25 years," preliminary report of the SUNY Task Force on College Entry-Level Knowledge and Skills); AFT slim publication, "U.S. Education: The Task Before Us," including resolutions adopted August 1992,...

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Compilation of articles, "Tomorrow's Schools," re shared decision making and restructuring, fall 1990; NYSUT memo re restructuring lessons from pioneering districts, May 31, 1989

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AFT Convention presentation materials, "Building Collaborative Schools: Student Focused Restructuring," July 1-6, 1990; NYSUT publication, "Guidelines for Agreements on Professional Decision Making," June 1989; letter to Myrna Cooper, NYS Teacher Centers Consortium director, from NYSUT associate Harry Lampman re meeting to discuss training in shared decision making/restructuring, August 21, 1990