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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
imageNew 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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