Almost 29,000 middle-school students take the SHSAT entrance exam each year, but only 5,000 of them gain admission to the city’s specialized high schools. Why not create more schools?

One of the most controversial topics in the New York City public education system is the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) and its use as the sole tool for admission to the city’s eight ...

The entrance test for the city’s elite specialized high schools might be given online due to the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. A caller to Brian Lehrer’s weekly WNYC spot with ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The results are in following the Department of Education's Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and some say it's the test that's not making the grade. The results ...

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 ...

“It’s really a test of itself,” said David C. Bloomfield, a professor of educational leadership, law and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center. “The test ought to be aimed at ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in higher education is a devastating blow to equitable and accessible education. As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit ...