Segregated Schools, Upper West Side Style

U. S. schools have been using standardized tests now for a hundred years to sort and segregate by race and class.  How long can it continue?  

Big story from the New York Times.  Chart below from NYTimes:

Published: January 12, 2013

A Major Gap in Gifted Programs

The city started using tests as the main determinant of entry to gifted programs in 2008. Since 2009, the number of schools offering such classes has fallen, especially in minority areas of the city like central Brooklyn, southeast Queens and the Bronx. Related Article »

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T401

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K404

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ROOM # K402

of the population is

with gifted programs,

2012-13

CLOSED

highlighted

FIFTH GRADE

FOURTH GRADE

THIRD GRADE

SECOND GRADE

FIRST GRADE

Students by racial-ethnic group, Oct. 5, 2012, P.S. 163, gifted classes

KINDERGARTEN

Majority

ELEMENTARY

SCHOOLS

Schools where

gifted programs

have closed

since 2009

The city would not release citywide racial breakdowns of individual gifted classes. But at P.S. 163 on the Upper West Side, gifted classes tend to separate whites and Asians from blacks and Hispanics.

White or Asian

HISPANIC

OTHER RACE

WHITE

ASIAN

BLACK

BRONX

MANHATTAN

QUEENS

STATEN ISLAND

BROOKLYN

Black or Hispanic

P.S. 163

By FORD FESSENDEN

Source: New York City Department of Education