Just 4 percent ― or 190 students ― of the 4,800 students invited to attend thecity's eight specialized schools this fall are black
1 / 2Efforts to diversify New York City’s most selective public schools appear to be falling flat, with fewer black and Hispanic students offered acceptance letters this year while offers to white students rose.
All eight of the specialized schools use a single test score ― from the Specialized High School Admissions Test ― to determine a student’s eligibility. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has advocated for abolishing the test, which he’s called a “roadblock to justice.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among those criticizing the acceptance rates while noting that more than half of the city’s public school students are black or Latino.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez March 19, 2019 Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, responding to the acceptance rates on Monday, echoed de Blasio’s previous calls to remove the SHSAT. The city last year announced plans to increase openings for those with disadvantaged backgrounds by extending offers to students whose test scores are just below the acceptance cutoff and who agree to participate in a summer program called Discovery. It then decreased this year’s total number of offers so that approximately 500 openings could be offered to Discovery participants.
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