SHSAT Sunset

  • Why Did New York’s Most Selective Public High School Admit Only 7 Black Students?

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    Nearly 900 students have been offered admission to one of New York City’s most elite public high schools. Only seven of those students are black. New York Times podcast on the SHSAT issue. Audio program reviews SHSAT history to current politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/podcasts/the-daily/black-students-nyc-high-school.html

  • New York’s Best Schools Need to Do Better

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    Another NYTimes editorial opinion. Many Asian-American New Yorkers have objected to eliminating the exam, arguing that the mayor’s plan would deny admission to hard-working and high-achieving children in their communities. Many alumni at Stuyvesant and other specialized high schools have argued that dropping the test would lead to the admission of students who could not handle the…

  • Documentary Short: A Select Few

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    “NY1 takes a look at the controversy surrounding the Specialized High School Admissions Test, the exam that students take to get into the city’s elite public high schools.” These five bright students have been preparing for much of their lifetime, either through additional test prep programs, tutors or intensive courses. For them, it’s a necessary…

  • Video: EdCast on the SHSAT: Biased Barrier or Objective Opportunity?

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    Part II Part III

  • NYC selective high school admissions uproar a symptom of a much bigger problem

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    Multiple studies have found no difference in college enrollment, college quality or graduation rates of kids who just barely met the test score cutoff for selective public schools like Stuyvesant and those who just barely missed the mark and then attended more ordinary public high schools, Valant said. Valant would like to see selective schools drop their test-in requirements and…

  • NAACP LDF Joins McAuliffe Trial

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  • NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson: The time to act is now on specialized high schools

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    I support the success of all communities, which is why I believe the single test admissions process used to gain admittance to our eight test-based specialized schools must be abolished. This is not a decision I make lightly, but I believe when tackling tough issues, we must make decisions based on fact, not on emotion…

  • McAuliffe vs. NYC Pretrial Conference Transcript

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    March 7th, 2019 With all the discussion of “disparate impact” I don’t understand why Sandoval Decision doesn’t apply. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_v._Sandoval

  • Metis Associates Study

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    Finally getting the Metis Associates study up.

  • Stuyvesant Has 29 Black Students Out of 3,300. How Do They Feel?

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    The students — members of the school’s Black Students League and Aspira, the Hispanic student organization — recalled painful memories of having heard racist comments behind their backs at school. They reflected on their shared sense of alienation. They said they worried that adults would allow inequities in the system to persist.“It’s frustrating to see…