My personal anecdote on my schoolboard's gifted program:
Even though teacher after teacher had nominated me for the program no one actually gave me the placement test until 7th grade. Some math, lots of puzzles, timed quizzes, etc. I passed and spoke with the teacher. We didn't get along, and in today's slang she would be considered a 'Karen'.
I was the only person of color in the program, in a majority-minority school. And with the gifted teacher not wanting me there I asked to be taken out, went back to my 'ghetto ass friends'. I took the classes I liked and never gave the G&T program another thought.
I went on to take regular accelerated maths, language, history with a sprinkling of AP, dual credit classes. Where I met up with all those supposedly gifted students again.
Based on my experience on schooling in the 90s. The G&T programs have a serious racial issue that is only now being reckoned with.
Even though teacher after teacher had nominated me for the program no one actually gave me the placement test until 7th grade. Some math, lots of puzzles, timed quizzes, etc. I passed and spoke with the teacher. We didn't get along, and in today's slang she would be considered a 'Karen'.
I was the only person of color in the program, in a majority-minority school. And with the gifted teacher not wanting me there I asked to be taken out, went back to my 'ghetto ass friends'. I took the classes I liked and never gave the G&T program another thought.
I went on to take regular accelerated maths, language, history with a sprinkling of AP, dual credit classes. Where I met up with all those supposedly gifted students again.
Based on my experience on schooling in the 90s. The G&T programs have a serious racial issue that is only now being reckoned with.