Pro
* Test is merit-based, and therefore, 'supposed' to be fair.
* Test is supposed to give an opportunity to students from any background and any wealth status.
* The test helps have a consistent measure of 'intelligence' across the city's different middle schools.
* Students who are not in top middle schools can get into a good highschool still.
* Students who are not top students in their own schools are able to get into a good highschool.
* The test creates groups of 'smart' students together to go through high school challenges with.
* The students accepted are supposed to be able to go through rigorous courses.
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Con
* Test Prep takes away the fairness, because not everyone can afford it.
* Not enough students are taught about the SHSAT in their schools.
* Test results are favoring certain races over others.
* The test is unfair to those students, who may have testing anxiety or are different types of learners in general.
* Test requires a lot of studying on top of student's normal schoolwork.
* Test will allow students who are good at standardized testing to get accepted regardless of whether that student is a good student or not, which may lead to that student doing poorly in high school.
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