A 2015 graduate of Walt Whitman High School died Dec. 10 from injuries she suffered in a Melville crash last month.

The state Board of Regents has placed a moratorium on the use of scores on state-mandated examinations in teacher and principal evaluations. The move was cited as a direct response to a report issued last week by the New York Common Core Task Force, assembled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which recommends a massive overhaul of the state’s Common Core Standards.