While this issue with the test servers only caused minor
delays in most districts, it also presented a different problem: Some students were able to log - in to the test and read the questions while others were not able.
Not exact matches
(
In essence, the SNA was seeking a blanket, one - year
delay on both changes, since
most school
districts could easily make the «increased cost» argument.)
The downstate region, dominated by New York City, has been growing much faster than upstate (everything north of the metropolitan transportation
district)-- and the slowest growing upstate metro areas are
in Central New York and the Southern Tier, which would benefit
most from the issuance of long -
delayed state regulations allowing the use of hydraulic fracturing
in shale gas production.
It's also why the state has
delayed setting the critical scoring marks that will separate the students passing the new tests from those that fail — even though
most districts are already engaged
in administrating the exams.