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Admission Test’s Scoring Quirk Throws Balance Into Question
· 2005Mr. Feinman had stumbled on a little-known facet of the test: because of the complex way it is graded, a student scoring extremely high on one part of the exam has a sharp advantage over a student with high but more balanced scores in each subject. “As taxpayers and parents, we should know how the…
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PUTTING DREAMS TO THE TEST: A special report; Elite High School Is a Grueling Exam Away
· 1998A NYTimes overview of the test and experiences in 1998. The Stuyvesant test is officially called the ”Examination for the Specialized Science High Schools” — Stuyvesant, the Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School. The same test is given for admission to all three, and students simply list their first, second and…