Kathleen Moore is reporting for the Times Union that the state Education Department on May 24 canceled the Regents exam in U.S. history and government, saying content in the test could add to the trauma students experienced following the Buffalo shooting. The test had already been printed and students were scheduled to sit for the exam on June 1. In a letter posted on the state Education Department website, Commissioner Betty Rosa wrote that although the exam’s content was “educationally sound” it was reviewed in the wake of the mass shooting and that experts determined some of the content could potentially compound student trauma. Rosa wrote, “While developed by NYS-certified social studies teachers more than two years ago and field-tested to confirm that the exam's content is educationally sound, the tragedy in Buffalo has created an unexpected and unintended context for the planned assessment.” Department spokesperson Emily DeSantis later issued a statement that suggested one question was involved. She wrote, "...[I]t is not appropriate to administer the exam with a question that could compound the grief and hardship faced by our school communities.” At the June 2022 Board of Regents meeting, the board will consider granting an exemption to allow students to graduate without taking the exam, DeSantis said. Read the full story in the Times Union.