But in the process, he is on track to nullify what made the programming beneficial, particularly for those underserved kids in whose interests he is supposedly making these changes.įor 2024, all students who earned 4’s or 3’s (“meets expectations”) are eligible for the G&T lottery, which now extends to fourth grade to accommodate seats created by the “Top Performers” program. Adams took the opposite approach, making it easier for students from all groups to qualify.

Related Can New Gifted Programs Coax Families Back into NYC's Public Schools?Īdams’s predecessor, Mayor Bill de Blasio, had been determined to do away with G&T altogether, unhappy with its lack of racial and socioeconomic diversity. However, students in different types of schools - district, charter and private - were evaluated differently, leading to a new set of frustrations. Adams also added a “Top Performers” category, where all students who were in the top 10% of their schools could apply to transfer to newly created district G&T programs starting in third grade. Students who earned all 4’s (“exceeds expectations”) would be entered into a G&T lottery, with no differentiation between those who could apply for citywide accelerated schools and enriched district programs.

(Siblings received admissions priority and could jump the queue.) So many students qualified that, usually, about three-fourths of those who applied were left without a spot.įor 2023, Mayor Eric Adams claimed that “this administration is fully committed to listening to parents.” Instead of a test, grades would be used for assessment. An algorithm first placed all 99th percentile students, then the 98th and so forth down the line. Those who scored above the 90th percentile could apply to their local district’s enriched programs. Those who scored above the 97th percentile were eligible to apply to all five of the citywide accelerated schools. Previously, kids in kindergarten through second grade took a standardized exam - a combination Otis-Lennon School Ability Test and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test. In the process, the district has managed to disregard research that spells out what specifically gave these programs any value. New York City has, once again, tweaked qualification requirements for entry into its gifted-and-talented program for first through fourth grade next year. It does not store any personal data.Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.

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