Daily News | Eliminate standardized test requirements for some Philly special-admissions schools, consultant recommends
The Philadelphia school district should consider eliminating standardized test requirements at some of its special-admissions schools and allow schools more flexibility in determining which students to accept, a new evaluation says.
And, the consultants said, the district needs to better communicate the school admissions process — which was revamped in 2021 with the goal of increasing equity, prioritizing students from certain underrepresented zip codes at a handful of selective schools. Many other districts “have already optimized their systems and curated it based on their needs,” said Nicole Newman, one of the Accenture consultants. She recommended that Philadelphia ensure that staff and families are trained on the process so that applying “doesn’t feel like a black box.”
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