In a wide-ranging interview, Carranza takes issue with admissions to New York City’s gifted programs

Chancellor Richard Carranza in a wide-ranging interview with Chalkbeat.

“There is no body of knowledge that I know of that has pointed to the fact that you can give a test to a 4-year-old or a 5-year-old and determine if they’re gifted,” he said. “Those tests — and it’s pretty clear — are more a measure of the privilege of a child’s home than true giftedness.”

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/08/17/in-a-wide-ranging-interview-carranza-takes-issue-with-admissions-to-new-york-citys-gifted-programs/