纽约最高法院支持在天赋节目中进行标准化测试,拒绝种族偏见的主张。 New York's top court upheld standardized testing in gifted programs, rejecting claims of racial bias.

纽约最高法院驳回了2021年的一项诉讼, 指控该市的天赋和才华计划带有种族偏见, 裁决5-2, 原告未能证明系统性歧视或意图。 New York's highest court has dismissed a 2021 lawsuit alleging the city’s Gifted and Talented programs are racially biased, ruling 5-2 that plaintiffs failed to prove systemic discrimination or intent. 法院支持在入学时使用标准化测试,认为没有充分证据证明对黑人、拉丁人或低收入学生的伤害或故意偏见。 The court upheld the use of standardized testing in admissions, finding no sufficient evidence of harm or intentional bias against Black, Latino, or low-income students. 这一决定保留了目前的制度,赢得了以功绩为基础的教育倡导者的赞誉,但批评了声称其使不平等永久化的公平倡导者。 The decision preserves the current system, drawing praise from merit-based education advocates but criticism from equity advocates who say it perpetuates inequities. 该案是长达数年的关于进入专业高中的法律斗争中的最后裁决。 The case was the final ruling in a years-long legal battle over access to specialized high schools.