City officials said they generated the list of high schools by looking at their progress report grades, which are heavily dependent on their graduation rates and Regents scores.

"These Regents scores didn't make sense."

In Helwett-Woodmere, the district has taken a further step and will not include the physics Regents scores on students' transcripts.

By early February 2005, Regents scores were posted.

The Regents scores were raised to passing at the behest of the new assistant principal for English, Rhokeisha Ford, 31, who arrived at the school in February.

Its Regents scores rank among the top on Long Island.

(Both Regents scores exclude special education students.)

A measly 21 percent are considered college-ready, judging by their SAT or Regents scores.

In 7 of the remaining 13 schools, he told the Regents, reading scores went up this year.

Regents scores, particularly in reading, have steadily improved.