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Regents Examination in Life Science: Biology (Living Environment transition)

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New York high school students take Regents examinations through their schools after completing the corresponding course of study and local admission requirements.
Additional Requirements
  • Schools administer the examination under NYSED Office of State Assessment directions.
  • Each student must have a four-function or scientific calculator; graphing calculators are not permitted.
  • The required Investigations are locally administered and are not reported to the State or included in final Regents scores.
  • Students must verify exact reporting times and eligibility with their schools.

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New York State Education Department, Office of State Assessment; administered by schools

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Exam FeeNo direct NYSED student registration fee published for enrolled students.
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NY Regents Life Science: Biology-Specific Topics Covered

NYSED Office of State Assessment administrationRegents Examination in Life Science: BiologyRegents Examination in Living Environment transition through June 2026New York State P-12 Science Learning StandardsRequired Life Science: Biology InvestigationsScale score 65 passing conventionNYS performance levels 1-5Clustered science storylines with stimuli, data, models, graphs, diagrams, and photos

NY Regents Life Science: Biology Exam Details

Regents Examination in Life Science: Biology (Living Environment transition)

Administered by New York State Education Department (NYSED), Office of State Assessment

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Scale score of 65 is the Regents passing standard; Life Science: Biology also reports NYS performance levels 1-5 using the administration-specific conversion chart.
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3
Hours
No direct NYSED student registration fee published for enrolled students; Regents are school-administered New York State assessments.
Exam Fee
Study time: 4-8 weeks of focused Regents review after completing the corresponding biology course and laboratory/investigation work.
Prerequisites: Students take the examination through their schools after completing the corresponding course requirements, the science laboratory requirement, and the required Life Science: Biology Investigations as locally determined.

Exam Content Breakdown

Based on the official New York State Education Department (NYSED), Office of State Assessment content outline

Structure and Function9-20%

Interacting living systems, feedback mechanisms, homeostasis, DNA and protein structure-function relationships, cells, body systems, models, investigations, and explanations.

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems9-16%

Photosynthesis, cellular respiration, food molecules, matter cycling, energy transfer, ecosystems, models, mathematical relationships, and evidence-based explanations.

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems14-27%

Carrying capacity, biodiversity, ecosystem stability, disturbances, group behaviors, ecological relationships, human impacts, and designing or evaluating solutions.

Inheritance and Variation of Traits14-27%

DNA, chromosomes, gene expression, mitosis, meiosis, reproduction, development, mutations, variation, statistics and probability, and evidence-based inheritance claims.

Natural Selection and Evolution14-24%

Evidence for common ancestry, natural selection, adaptation, heritable variation, population change, speciation, data interpretation, and communication of evolutionary explanations.

Earth's Systems2-9%

Carbon movement among Earth systems, climate consequences of atmospheric carbon dioxide, photosynthesis and atmospheric oxygen, and life-Earth system interactions.

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science2-11%

Defining problems, criteria and constraints, designing and evaluating solutions, trade-offs, model limitations, and evidence-based decision-making in biological contexts.

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