Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Next year’s eighth graders will ...

At the Harlem YMCA, students are preparing for the high stakes test that determines who gets into eight elite city public high schools, including Bronx Science and Stuyvesant. "The fact that they make ...

“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 ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City students who are looking to gain entrance into New York City’s specialized high schools can now register for the exam, which will be offered digitally for the first ...

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 ...

(TNS) — 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 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 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 ...