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/newyork/2018/8/17/21105522/in-a-wide-ranging-interview-carranza-takes-issue-with-admissions-to-new-york-city-s-gifted-programs/ (August 17, 2018)