“Standards” v Diversity

 

Click here to read: “Standards” v Diversity: Testing Standards Reduce Diversity In Elite Schools by Edward C. Sullivan from New York Civic on October 14, 2012.

The Specialized High School Achievement Test which the New York City Department of Education uses to select students to eight specialized high schools has come under fire from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education that the test is not predictive of success in these high schools and that its use has led to a diminution of the enrollment of minorities in the schools, which means fewer will enter the work force and the middle class.