“The vote by the Panel for Educational Policy came after a contentious five-hour meeting. The exam for eight highly competitive high schools will now be computerized.
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Chien Kwok, a parent of a student at a specialized high school and an alumnus of Brooklyn Technical High School, one of the eight, pushed back on the idea that the admissions test was racist or inequitable, arguing that the most rigorous schools often serve students from low-income families.
“Focus your resources on helping students become high achievers,” said Mr. Kwok, who is also a co-founder of PLACE, an advocacy group that is a fierce defender of test-based admission to the schools. “There’s a crisis of low academic achievement across our city.”
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