New York City’s racial polarizers are back, targeting academic excellence in public schools. This time, they’re mobilizing to oppose the standardized test that the city’s specialized high schools use ...

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Every October, roughly one-third of the eligible eighth-graders in New York City -- between 25,000 and 30,000 students -- take the Standardized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) for a chance to ...

SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — A PENDING CONTRACT TO ADMINISTER THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST (SHSAT) in digital format must be approved immediately, said a bipartisan group of elected officials, ...

What might have been a pro-forma vote on a contract has revived the fierce debate about admissions and equity at New York City’s most elite high schools. Members of the city’s educational oversight ...

The news that Mayor Bill de Blasio is suddenly open to the idea of keeping in place the admissions test for the city’s elite high schools after months of calling for its elimination elicited a swift ...

(TNS) — An education panel approved a contract Wednesday night for a digital entrance exam to the city’s specialized high schools after it reignited an equity debate over using a single test to admit ...