in 2005, the board of regents began modifying the mathematics curriculum. an integrated approach that taught topics in geometry and algebra during each of three years, with exams normally taken after a year and a half and again after three years, was replaced by a curriculum that divides topics into algebra i, geometry, and algebra ii/trigonometry. each of these take the form of a one-year course with a regents examination at the end of the year. the "math a" and "math b" exams have been eliminated and are replaced by "integrated algebra", "geometry", and "algebra ii and trigonometry".