Public school families are once again feeling a sense of dread — fearing the city won’t OK a contract for the Specialized High Schools Admission Test, which would leave their kids in a lurch about ...

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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 ...

A: No one really knows. “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 ...

KEW GARDENS, Queens (WABC) -- Angry parents gathered in Queens on Thursday night, irate over Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to do away with SHSAT, the admission testing for the city's elite specialized ...

New York City Mayor de Blasio says he wants to scrap the Specialized High School Admissions Test because there are appallingly few black and Latino students in the city’s eight “test-in” specialized ...

Three council members are planning to introduce a series of bills to improve access to the Big Apple’s elite public high schools. City Council Members Justin Brannan, Keith Powers and Oswald Feliz ...

Q: What does the admissions test for New York City’s elite high schools actually measure? A: No one really knows. “It’s really a test of itself,” said David C. Bloomfield, a professor of educational ...