2,500 New York Students Forced to Leave Elite High School Entrance Exam After Computer Failure; Makeup Date to Be Announced by Nov. 20
About 2,500 students in New York City were forced to leave midway through the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test on the morning of Nov. 14 after a computer failure. In a letter to parents, the Department of Education said the testing platform experienced technical problems at multiple test sites that morning, the exam was forced to stop, and students were then sent away from the test sites. According to the letter obtained by the New York Post, the failure was related to test administrator Pearson, with some students unable to log into the digital testing system and others forced to stop partway through. The Department of Education promised that students scheduled to take the test on Nov. 14 would be given a new test date, and families would be notified by Nov. 20. This year is the first time the Department of Education has rolled out an adaptive version of the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, with question difficulty adjusting based on students' answers. Pearson won the contract in 2024 to handle the digital administration of the exam. Test sites affected by the failure included Brooklyn Technical High School and Stuyvesant High School, among others. The exam is the sole admissions criterion for eight of the city's nine specialized high schools. The Department of Education did not respond to the New York Post's request for comment.
Source: New York City Department of Education
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