It seemed like a good strategy: To boost the tiny number of black and Hispanic students at the city’s most elite high schools, the city this year expanded access to programs meant to prepare [3] eighth-graders for the schools’ admissions test.
But that approach is fundamentally broken, according to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.
Links:
[1] http://gothamschools.org/2012/09/27/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome/
[2] http://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/new-york-city-specialized-high-school-complaint
[3] http://gothamschools.org/2011/04/01/a-change-in-admissions-policy-transforms-hs-prep-program/
[4] http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading http://www.naacpldf.org/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome
[5] http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.naacpldf.org/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome
[6] http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.naacpldf.org/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome&title=Complaint+targets+elite+HS+admissions+process%2C+not+just+outcome
[7] http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.naacpldf.org/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome&title=Complaint+targets+elite+HS+admissions+process%2C+not+just+outcome
[8] http://www.naacpldf.org/printmail/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome
[9] http://www.naacpldf.org/print/news/complaint-targets-elite-hs-admissions-process-not-just-outcome