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  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Jeffrey Dinowitz

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    Name: Jeffrey Dinowitz Assembly Link: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Jeffrey-Dinowitz Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dinowitz Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Jeffrey_Dinowitz Phone: 718-796-5345 Assembly-member  Dinowitz claims the typical “the test is not the problem” position.  He gives no solutions to “the real problem”, just that it’s not the fact we use the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Media: Assemblyman…

  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Ron T. Kim

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    Name: Ron T. KimAssembly Link: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-KimWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kim_(politician)Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Ron_Kim_(New_York_assemblyman)Phone: 718-445-0004 Assembly-member  Ron T. Kim seats on the Democrat Senate’s Education Committee.  He’s a proponent of keeping the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Media: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-carl-heastie-school-desegregation-20180607-story.html Response to 2018 SHSAT Results After lobbying to kill the 2018 SHSAT reform bill, Assembly-member Kim…

  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Toby Ann Stavisky

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    Name: Toby Ann Stavisky Senate Link: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/toby-ann-stavisky Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Ann_Stavisky Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Toby_Ann_Stavisky Phone: 718-939-0195 Senator Stavisky is the ranking member on the Democrat Senate’s Education Committee. She’s also a vocal proponent of keeping the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Her son’s lobbying firm also recently took a…

  • Stop relying on just one test: Mayor de Blasio is right to try to want to turn away from the SHSAT high school admissions exam

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    I was the valedictorian of my eighth-grade class and earned a special honor for never missing a day of school, but that wasn’t enough to help me, or others like me, gain admission into schools like American Studies. Instead, a single specialty test was used to gauge my intelligence, work ethic and worthiness. The mayor’s…

  • CEC District 2 SHSAT Resolution Response

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    Update:  Happy to report that District 2 CEC decided against passing this resolution.  Personally, I believe that was very brave of them as they had to stare down a large group of very angry people in doing so. 3 CEC District 2 members recently released a resolution proposal titled: “Resolution: In Support of Comprehensive Community…

  • Test prep is a rite of passage for many Asian-Americans

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    Non-SHSAT article that discusses the intersection of culture and single-measure testing. Related to the Harvard case, test scores for all students should be considered with a grain of salt. Yes, high scores are impressive, but they should be understood in the context of opportunity. It’s also important to note that strong scores are the norm…

  • NAACP 2012 Case: New York City Specialized High School Complaint

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    In school districts across the nation, talented African Americans and other students of color are denied a fair opportunity to gain access to the life-changing educational experiences provided by specialized schools for high-achieving students and gifted/talented education programs.  As a result, elite public schools and programs, which provide key pathways to college and then to…

  • Parents Mull Suit Over City Plan to Boost Diversity at Elite Schools

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    Vito LaBella, president of the Christa McAuliffe Parent Teacher Organization, said that if parents decide to forge ahead, the federal suit would challenge this set-aside plan. “It’s discriminatory,” he said. “I do believe our children would no longer be allowed to partake in Discovery.” Currently the small Discovery program is available to disadvantaged applicants citywide.…

  • The Education Exchange: Making Exam Schools More Diverse in Boston

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    In Boston, nearly 25% of public middle and high school students attend exam schools, but these schools are much less diverse than the school district as a whole. A new study looks closely at the entrance exam used to select students for these schools and at ways the admissions process could be changed to to…

  • Overemphasizing a Test, Oversimplifying Our Children: An APA Perspective on Specialized High School Reform towards Educational Equity

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    The SHSAT is misperceived as an objective, and “colorblind” tool to measure merit. However, an expansive body of research reveals that school screening policies that do not consider race or socioeconomic status do not reduce, but rather contribute to further “stratification by race and ethnicity across schools and programs.” […] In the field of testing,…