Schools violate state law by requiring minimum Common Core test scores

Some high schools deserve an F for their admissions rules.

At least four New York City public high schools list a minimum state test-score requirement just to land an interview — contrary to a new state law.

Columbia Secondary in Manhattan, Bronx HS for Medical Science and The Bronx’s Anne Hutchinson Academy at Herbert H. Lehman HS all cite a requirement in the Department of Education’s 2014-15 high-school directory that students score 3 to 4 — “proficient” or above — to qualify for an interview or entrance test.

Manhattan’s Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change requires test scores of 2 to 4.

After the troubled rollout of the Common Core standards and state exams — which 64 percent of New York students failed in math and 68 percent failed in English this year — legislators in April passed a law that decisions to promote or place students cannot be based “solely or primarily” on the state tests.

Some schools, parents and kids are confused.

Two angry moms sued the city this year after their kids were rejected by LaGuardia HS of “Fame” fame after stellar auditions. One mom learned test scores accounted for 44 percent of the admission decision, with the talent tryout worth only 14 percent.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shlomo Hagler dismissed the lawsuit over timing and jurisdiction, but was troubled.

“Students that seem to be overqualified for LaGuardia did not gain entrance due to possible violations of the statute,” he said.

Columbia Secondary’s principal, Miriam Nightengale, said the school uses a combination of interview, grades, attendance and test scores.

“Yes, it is possible that students who have less than a 3 or 4 on the test may be invited to an interview, depending on their other criteria,” she told The Post.

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