New York Calls Off US History Test, Says Content May Trigger ‘Trauma’ Related to Buffalo Shooting

New York Calls Off US History Test, Says Content May Trigger ‘Trauma’ Related to Buffalo Shooting
Police walk outside the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 15, 2022. Joshua Bessex/AP Photo
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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New York State’s standardized exam for U.S. history has been canceled because of content that could potentially “compound student trauma caused by the recent violence in Buffalo,” education officials announced on Tuesday.

Originally scheduled for June 1, the New York State U.S. History Regents Exam had already been printed and packaged for shipment to individual schools, according to a letter from state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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