NYS Regional Meeting on Graduation Measures for NYC School and Community Stakeholders

Early next year, the New York State Board of Regents and State Education Department (NYSED) will create a Blue Ribbon Commission to review the State’s high school graduation measures and reaffirm what it means to obtain a diploma in New York State. The Commission will examine what a State diploma should signify to ensure educational excellence and equity for every student in New York State. The Commission will consider whether adding other measures of learning and achievement could better serve New York’s diverse student population as indicators of what they know and if they are career and college ready.

To help inform the work of the Blue Ribbon Commission, the Board of Regents and NYSED are gathering input from many partners, including parents, students, educators, administrators, school support staff, representatives of higher education, the business community, and the general public. To gather this feedback, virtual regional meetings are being held across the state where attendees will have the opportunity to break into smaller groups to discuss and provide feedback to the Department on five guiding questions: 

1. What do we want students to know and to be able to do before they graduate? 
2. How do we want students to demonstrate such knowledge and skills? 
3. How do you measure learning and achievement (as it pertains to the answers to #2 above) to ensure they are indicators of high school completion? 
4. How can measures of achievement accurately reflect the skills and knowledge of our special populations, such as students with disabilities and English language learners? 
5. What course requirements or examinations will ensure that students are prepared for college and careers or civic engagement? 

The Regional Meetings on NYS Graduation Measures were hosted in New York City for Brooklyn and Queens in February and March 2020, but the meetings scheduled for the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island were canceled due to COVID-19. These meetings have now been rescheduled and will be held virtually in December 2021 and January 2022. Provided below is the schedule for the virtual regional meetings, which target stakeholders in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island but are open to all NYC stakeholders. Pre-registration for the virtual regional meetings is required; the flyers (linked below) include instructions and links for participant registration. Translated versions of the flyers, in all DOE-supported languages, are available here. Translation and interpretation services will be available at each meeting. 

Borough  Date/Time  Meeting Flyer 

Staten Island  Wed., December 15, 2021  5:00-7:30 p.m. Staten Island Flyer for NYSED Regional Meeting on NYS Graduation Measures

Bronx  Wed., January 12, 2022  6:00-8:30 p.m. Bronx Flyer for NYSED Regional Meeting on NYS Graduation Measures

Manhattan  Wed., January 19, 2022  4:00-6:30 p.m. Manhattan Flyer for NYSED Regional Meeting on NYS Graduation Measures