(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)ReporterNew York City education officials are wrestling with the question of how to admit students into the city’s public specialized schools. Seven other specialized schools use the score from the Specialized High School Admissions Test, which any student in seventh or eighth grade is eligible to take. According to the New York City Department of Education website, 40.5 percent of the city’s public school students are Hispanic, 26 percent are black, 16.1 percent are Asian and 15 percent are white. Two key questions about the Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT) have not received enough attention in the current debate. To get an understanding of how much the test has changed, here’s a partial history of the Specialized School Admission Test.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2019 18:30 UTC