New York City should stop using standardized tests to determine who gets a seat in its prestigious specialized high schools, said New York City Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter, as the number of black and Hispanic students admitted to those schools dropped to new low this year. Ross-Porter, who resumed office in February following former Chancellor Richard Carranza’s resignation, said it’s “unacceptable” that the competitive Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) once again failed to produce results that reflect the demographics of the nation’s largest public school district. According to Education Department (DOE) data released Thursday, black students received just 3.6 percent of this year’s Specialized High School offers, while 5.4 percent went to Hispanic students. This marks another year of decline in the admission rates for those students, compared to 10 percent in 2020 and to 11 percent in 2019. The city’s education officials attributed the decline to a number …