Admissions testing for gifted and talented programs has become a fraught process, where administrators seeking authentic measures of intelligence are barely able to keep ahead of test-prep companies.
New York City Schools Struggle To Separate The Gifted From The Just Well-prepared
By JENNY ANDERSON, New York Times
Sun, 02/17/2013 - 5:42pm
Topics: education school tests
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