[concerned about politics]

Taking the NY State Regents exam would put private schools on the level of NY public schools.

No. Private schools could just fill in the dots without reading the questions and still excell over the public school kids. They're just plain dumber than a box of rocks.

Most private and homeschools do not use state tests. How could they answer a question that has been changed to PC lingo and paganism?
Or a question like this:
Mother Earth is:
1)Our world Goddess.
2) Living in a tree.
3) The source of all love.
4)All of the above.

Of course a normal child could not answer a question like this. The correct answer "None of the above" is not there!

[ladylib]

I guess the Regents are becoming like the NAEP tests that th feds want to foist on school kids everywhere. Unfortunately, from what I've read, the NAEP measures ATTITUDES, not academic knowledge, so many, many students (private and home schooled) will have a difficult time passing them.