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Specialized High School Test Crashes, Rattling Students Across New York

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Source: NYT > New York

Published November 15, 2026

The Specialized High School Admissions Test is the sole admissions criterion for the city’s eight specialized high schools. Technical difficulties sent students home with promises of an opportunity to retake it.

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