In Complete Education Overhaul, NYC Plans To Drop Middle School Screens, Geographic District Priority For High Schools
In Major Education Overhaul, NYC Plans To Drop Middle School Screens, Geographic District Priority For High Schools arrow In a massive shakeup of how the city handles admissions to its middle and high schools, the Department of Education will remove all selective ‘screens’ for middle schools for the 2021-2022 academic year and eliminate district priority for high schools altogether. The city’s most selective high schools will continue to use the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) which will be administered beginning January 27th at students’ middle schools, aft...