WHEREAS, four years ago, the NYCDOE changed policy to have teachers in district high schools grade Regents examinations at distributive scoring sites all over New York City during the January and June Regents administration periods, and;

WHEREAS, distributive scoring is a process where  teachers are selected by the principal to leave their home schools for entire schools days to grade Regents examinations in distributive scoring sites, and;

WHEREAS, a number of exams have been lost in transport between schools causing students and families a great deal of anguish, and;

WHEREAS, this policy has resulted in delayed promotion and graduation decisions as well as programming and scheduling concerns for the next term, and;

WHEREAS, the DOEs lack of effective planning and communication to distributive scoring site supervisors resulted in general confusion, antipathy and disorganization in many sites, and;

WHEREAS, the cost of distributive scoring is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and;

WHEREAS, this process creates lost opportunity cost for teachers who would otherwise be able to be at their home schools to participate in end of term activities and prepare for the next term, and;

WHEREAS, although it is against state laws for educators to grade their own students Regents exams, these exams may be graded across educators, departments and schools within campuses, and;

WHEREAS, this policy has not been applied to charter or parochial schools in New York City, and

WHEREAS, August Regents exams administered in district high schools are graded in house, and;

WHEREAS, other districts around the state have determined that moving exams, and not people is more efficient, cost-effective and educationally sound, and;

WHEREAS, the DOE has not been able to secure enough teachers to score exams, and;

WHEREAS, this change has resulted in travel hardships for many teachers as they are often assigned to sites many miles away from their home school with limited parking and/or access to public transportation and meal options, therefore be it;

WHEREAS, many teachers time is wasted at distributive scoring sites while waiting for exams to arrive, directions to be given and norming to begin, and;

RESOLVED, that the UFT will continue to advocate to end the policy of distributive scoring of Regents exams; and be it

RESOLVED, that UFT identify and propose alternate models of Regents Exam scoring in home schools.