This information is being used by some districts to get rid of gifted programs. Their logic is since they don't have the budget to test ALL the kids and the testing isn't fair to under-identified populations they will just eliminate gifted programs. It's cheaper in the short run just to cut these services rather than try to find the $$ to test all kids or find better way to identify all kids.
This is the explanation I was given for why the SF school district planned on making ALL 9th grader take Algebra as a freshman. Even if they had already taken it. After a huge amount of parental protest the school board changed their mind. But my understanding was this inequity was part of what influenced the SF board.
