This project will study enrollees in elementary school gifted and talented (G&T) programs, and follow the educational outcomes of this group through high school. Racial diversity of G&T programs is a persistent concern, as Black and Hispanic students make up less than 25% of the NYC G&T population despite making up 70% of NYC’s student population. The research team will therefore pay particular attention to the effects of programs on racial minorities and study policies that aim to increase program diversity.
Overall, we find little evidence of large G&T program effects on future
schooling outcomes for marginal students.
This suggests that the large representation of G&T students in
specialized high schools is driven by selection rather than causal effects
of G&T programs.
https://mitili.mit.edu/research/pipelines-and-equity-gifted-and-talented-programs