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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

CPS high school admissions test canceled this weekend as technical problems continue

Walter Payton College Prep is among the selective enrollment high schools that students were set to test for this week. (Sun-Times file photo)

Chicago Public Schools have postponed high school admissions tests scheduled this weekend as the private testing platform that administers the exam continues to experience technical difficulties.

The platform operated by a private vendor crashed Wednesday when up to 24,000 CPS eighth graders were taking the exam that’s part of the process of getting into one of the city’s elite selective enrollment high schools.

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