Originally Posted by Wren
what NYC did to fix this is put an accelerated gifted program in a school where whites did not want to go. So in DD's program, you had to have 99th percentile on a test, this school had about 85th percentile. But it was practically all African american, all accelerated curriculum. I think that is what has to be done. Locate the programs so that you get more students from those minority groups


This strategy has been used since NCLB in several districts here. There are magnet programs, including GT, placed in poor performing schools. However, they are very popular and people are willing to travel. As a result, the test score averages improve, making the school no longer appear to be "failing".