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I did not realize it's adaptive now. Wow that's crazy. So it's basically like a mini GRE now?

Sorry that was a typo! I meant "isn't" super transparent

"but the test is great and objective" and I just wanted to point out that structurally there are issues with the test. Your clarifications here are well taken though!

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I really appreciate you adding in all this context because it's super important. I posed these questions mostly because it's clear that people who are defenders of the exam actually don't care about racial discrimination. And when you point out that racial discrimination is bad, they default to 1/2

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Are picking and choosing. I could be wrong here, but I'd love for someone to answer these questions 8/8

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Test scorers that still make the cutoff at a school (e.g., 5 people looking for admission to SI Tech all score 517 for the final available seat). How do you choose who gets that seat? I've been told that the criteria is objective, but it seems that there are going to be situations where people 7/x

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Well rounded student? No one has EVER answered this question for me. My second question, perhaps, gets at the idea of whether this admissions criteria is entirely objective at all. What happens if there's a tie? What I mean is every high school has a set number of seats. Let's say that the lowest6/x

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You would only need to get 21 of 47 questions (45%) of the verbal questions right to be accepted. A student who got 40/47 questions right in BOTH sections would only score 500 on the SHSAT. How does this not just prioritize being good at one subject over the other as opposed to being a 6/x)

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if you're trying to holistically assess students academically. I'll use my high school (Staten Island Tech) as an example. Apparently this year's incoming freshman class needed to score a 517 for entrance. If your raw score on the math section was 47 (the most points you could score) 4/x)

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2026 SHSAT Score Calculator / Conversion Table

The DOE is super transparent about how the test is scored, but multiple test prep companies have put together a scoring sheet for the exam. I'm going to provide an example of how the exam scoring doesn't make a lot of sense 3/x) kennytan.nyc/2026-shsat-s...

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My 1st question is about the exam itself. Supporters of the current system say the exam is best metric to assess students for admission. How does that work when a student who aces one section of the exam and functionally fails the other, scores higher than a student who does competently in both 2/x)

Just 3 Black students admitted to NYC's elite Stuyvesant High School, data shows

This returns every year and I have feelings about this (particularly as a black specialized high school alum). I could get into the idea of what is fair and how this disenfranchises the vast majority of public school students in NYC, etc., but I have 2 questions 1/x gothamist.com/news/just-3-...

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An advocate said the woeful diversity data felt like "Groundhog Day.”

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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

France could record its hottest day ever in the coming days, exceeding the 30°C mark nationwide for the first time on record. A truly historic heatwave is on the way.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/06/2026

i think it is really great that the civil rights division is now dedicated to rooting out any attempt to do outreach to nonwhites in education www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Facing Federal Investigation

The Justice Department is investigating a program at City University of New York that offers support for men from underrepresented backgrounds for alleged racial discrimination.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/06/2026

Pelley and 60 minutes really were the gold standard for Serious Journalism and that they already felt the need to “balance” a story about the murder of innocent civilians by federal goons by implying they deserved it is an indictment of the entire industry

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/06/2026

Tired: Crime is down because of Trump. Wired: Crime is down because of Mamdani. Inspired: Crime is down because of Brunson.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026

Europeans are so much more enlightened than Americans, I’m sure their deportation camps will have fresher food

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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My latest looking at this new AI-based wetlands detection tool being used by both agricultural and conservation interests in Washington in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2905202...

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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"a competitive edge in the job market" 🤣🤣

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/05/2026

So if I have this correct, since the end of 2024, the following news outlets have gutted their climate desks: CBS CNN Hakai Magazine (folded into Biographic after losing its namesake funder, which also lost its major funder recently) NPR Washington Post Have I missed anyone lol

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/05/2026

"Over time it became difficult to distinguish the policies of Black and white mayors, as both were beholden to the police and corporations in their cities and thereby unwilling (and often lacking any real power) to advance policies to help rank-and-file Black Americans." Whew. That's Andre Dickens.

As the Democratic Party became increasingly concerned that advancing Black concerns turned off white voters, Black Democratic politicians and prominent activists faced a choice: advance in the party by downplaying and sidelining Black concerns, or advocate Black interests at the expense of their careers. Many chose the former. Contrary to conservative pundits who claim that he stoked racial conflict, Obama actually spoke far less about racial issues than his Democratic predecessors. Prominent activists shifted from pressuring Democratic politicians to being very defensive of them. Sharpton and others negotiated with mayors, presidents, and corporations, but grew unaccountable to Black America at large—operating more like celebrities than community activists. Over time it became difficult to distinguish the policies of Black and white mayors, as both were beholden to the police and corporations in their cities and thereby unwilling (and often lacking any real power) to advance policies to help rank-and-file Black Americans.

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Science journalists, science communicators, science folks of all stripes — if you read nothing else today, read this post by @chriscmooney.bsky.social : 🧪

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The scientific "study story" has a questionable future. That may be a good thing

The way we do science journalism is going to change

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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

So honored that my piece on Ukraine wildfires won the @nmwprize.bsky.social for Interactive Narrative for Social Good. I thank the judges for recognizing this work, and I'm overwhelmingly grateful to everyone at @grist.org (particularly @compatibilism.bsky.social) for bringing this piece to life.

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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Also I don't think this will matter. Groups are literally chartering buses from MSG. Embiid opened Pandora's box during that press conference