Students, parents and advocates are demanding the city safeguard the entrance exam for its eight elite, specialized high schools ahead of a crucial vote next week which could decide whether the test ...

“It’s really a test of itself,” said David C. Bloomfield, a professor of educational leadership, law and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center. “The test ought to be aimed at ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The results are in following the Department of Education's Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and some say it's the test that's not making the grade. The results ...

A push to digitize the entrance exam to New York City’s specialized high schools is reigniting a long-standing debate over a process that relies on a single test to admit students. Ahead of the next ...

Public school families are once again feeling a sense of dread — fearing the city won’t OK a contract for the Specialized High Schools Admission Test, which would leave their kids in a lurch about ...