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Ending testing for New York City's gifted program may be another blow to Black and Latino students

  • Written by Joni Lakin, Associate Professor of Educational Studies, University of Alabama
Ending testing for New York City's gifted program may be another blow to Black and Latino studentsNew York City public school students attend a meeting with school board officials in January 2020.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

After years of relying on a single controversial test at age 4 for admission to their gifted programs, New York City schools are about to embark upon a new way to identify gifted students.

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