A five-year, $17 million contract for the company that administers the city’s controversial entrance exam for specialized high schools was finally approved Wednesday after a highly-anticipated, ...

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 ...

An education panel approved a contract Wednesday night for a digital entrance exam to the city’s specialized high schools after it reignited an equity debate over using a single test to admit students ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — The experience of taking the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test — the sole means of getting into eight elite public schools in New York City — is one that students aren’t likely to ...

(TNS) — An education panel approved a contract Wednesday night for a digital entrance exam to the city’s specialized high schools after it reignited an equity debate over using a single test to admit ...