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> Black students are 66% less likely to be identified as gifted compared to white students _with similar test scores_. Black, Latinx, and Native American studen
by Jarwain 4y ago
> Black students are 66% less likely to be identified as gifted compared to white students _with similar test scores_. Black, Latinx, and Native American students are far less likely to attend a school that even offers a gifted program.
Emphasis mine. The likely thing going on is something subconscious or unintentionally discriminatory, or somehow related to the home family life.
- Jtype 4y agoIronically, this shows that we should be focusing more on test results and less on other factors, which is the opposite of the current movement.