SHSAT Sunset

Overview

  • Fair and objective or useless and biased? A Chalkbeat guide to the case for and against New York City’s specialized high school test

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    There’s no doubt that the exam is a clean-cut way of making admissions decisions — and clarity is rare in the New York City high school admissions system, where sought-after schools can all have different criteria and students are eventually admitted by an algorithm. But we also know that not all eligible New York City students…

  • Specialized high schools and race

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    Another overview.  Adds a DoE spokesperson quote. According to New York City Department of Education spokesman Will Mantell, the citywide average GPA of students in the top 7 percent of their classes is 94 out of 100, the same average GPA of students offered a spot at the elite high schools. Additionally, he said their…