The SHSAT, or Specialized High School Admissions Test, is the test that students take to try and get into one of the city's prestigious specialized high schools. What is a specialized high school?

The recently-released Metis validation study of the Specialized High School Admissions Test has portrayed the SHSAT in a more favorable light than the facts warrant. Although Metis found that SHSAT ...

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 ...

What might have been a pro-forma vote on a contract has revived the fierce debate about admissions and equity at New York City’s most elite high schools. Members of the city’s educational oversight ...

“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 — While he reiterated that he doesn't support the exam itself, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday night defended the city's decision to hold the high-stakes entrance exam to the city's ...