Equity of Test is Debated as Children Compete for Gifted Kindergarten in New York

New York Times

Teachers at the Bloomingdale Head Start program in Manhattan tell Alexis Stewart that her 4-year-old son, Chase, is bright. Chase took the city test for the public schools' gifted and talented kindergarten program, but missed the 90th-percentile cutoff, she said. Ms. Stewart, a single mom working two jobs, didn't think the process was fair. She had heard widespread reports of wealthy families preparing their children for the kindergarten gifted test with $90 workbooks, $145-an-hour tutoring and weekend "boot camps."

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