Lastly, we must renew the push to scrap the SHSAT in favor of a multifactor admission strategy. Just two years ago, former Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter was shouted down when she called on the state to kill the SHSAT. I strongly support an admissions process that takes into account performance on state-mandated tests, class rank, academic records, extracurricular activities and perhaps even socio-economic factors.
URBAN AGENDA: End Apartheid in Admissions to NYC’s Elite High Schools
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