Stipulation Relating to Procedure for the Essay Review
Process—Regents’ Testing Program
1. The review will
be initiated at the campus level, with procedural matters to be determined by
the institution. The on-campus review, however, will be conducted by the three
(3) faculty members designated by the institution as a review panel.
2. The on-campus
review panel may (1) sustain, by majority opinion, the essay’s failing score,
thus terminating the review process, or (2) recommend, by majority opinion, the
re-scoring of the essay by the Regents’ Testing Program central office. The
student will be notified concerning the results of the on-campus review.
3. If the
on-campus panel recommends a re-scoring of the essay, that recommendation will
be transmitted in writing, along with a copy of the essay, to the office of the
System’s Director of the Regents’ Testing Program. The Director will utilize
the services of three (3) experienced Regents’ essay scorers other than those
involved in the original scoring of the essay to review the essay, following
normal scoring procedures for the essay component of the Regents’ Test. The
decision of this panel on the merits of the essay will be final, thus
terminating the review process. The student will be notified, through the institution,
concerning the results of the review.
For details of the review
process at