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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by Jarwain on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:13PM (#31670611)
> 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.

Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by Jtype on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:44AM (#31681050)
Ironically, this shows that we should be focusing more on test results and less on other factors, which is the opposite of the current movement.