Q: What does the admissions test for New York City’s elite high schools actually measure? A: No one really knows. “It’s really a test of itself,” said David C. Bloomfield, a professor of educational ...

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 ...

The entrance test for the city’s elite specialized high schools might be given online due to the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. A caller to Brian Lehrer’s weekly WNYC spot with ...

About 30,000 students are waiting to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), which determines acceptance into Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and other great New York City ...

Three council members are planning to introduce a series of bills to improve access to the Big Apple’s elite public high schools. City Council Members Justin Brannan, Keith Powers and Oswald Feliz ...

The Christa McAuliffe School in Brooklyn, where more than 80 percent of SHSAT takers received admissions offers this year. By at least one measure, IS 187 (The Christa McAuliffe School) in Brooklyn ...

In a few days, registration will close for this year’s SHSAT, New York City’s standardized test used for admissions to top public high schools. The city’s eighth graders are vying for spots at famous ...

Speaking in Manhattan at a roundtable for Spanish-language media, the mayor — along with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in an interview on Inside City Hall later in the evening — didn't provide ...

“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 ...