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Regents Examination in United States History and Government (Framework)
The New York State Grade 11 US history and government exam with short essays and a Civic Literacy essay
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At a glance
- Set by
- New York State Education Department
- Level
- High school (Grade 11)
- Region
- United States
- Programme
- New York State Regents Examinations
The format, as published
- Paper-based, one 3-hour session.
- Part I: 28 stimulus-based multiple-choice questions (28 credits).
- Part II: 2 stimulus-based short-essay questions of 2–3 paragraphs, each on a pair of documents and scored on a 5-point rubric (10 credits).
- Both start with historical context; Set 1 then asks for the relationship between the documents (cause/effect, similarity/difference or turning point), and Set 2 asks how audience, purpose, bias or point of view affects one document’s reliability.
- Part III: 6 short-response questions on 6 documents (6 credits) plus a Civic Literacy document-based essay on a constitutional or civic issue (5-point rubric).
- Converted to a 0–100 scale score (65 pass).
Summarised from official sources. Always confirm dates and rules with the exam board.Official information(opens in a new tab)