As a side note, the Post reported this afternoon that of the 3,371 high school graduates from the City's 31 Renewal high schools, 242 earned diplomas through a new «appeals process [approved by the Board of
Regents] that allows for lower scores on
exams or other side - door routes... This led to a tripling of the number of students graduating using the appeals process in 2016 over 2015, city
data show.»
It looks at such
data as standardized test scores; attendance; credit accumulation; graduation rates; results from
Regents exams; and survey
data from students, parents, and teachers.