The documentary TESTED follows a dozen families in New York City from different racial, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds as their eighth graders prepare to pass the grueling standardized test to get into one of the city's best high schools.
After the screening, independent filmmaker and director Curtis Chin will join the audience for a talkback.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 29, at 5pm
WHERE: Textor 103
DESCRIPTION:
The gap in opportunities for different races in America remains extreme. Nowhere is this more evident than our nation’s top public schools. In New York City, where blacks and Hispanics make up 70% of the city’s school-aged population, they represent less than 5% at the city’s most elite public high schools. Meanwhile, Asian Americans make up as much as 73%. This documentary follows a dozen racially and socioeconomically diverse 8th graders as they fight for a seat at one of these schools. Their only way in: to ace a single standardized test. Tested includes the voices of such education experts as Pedro Noguera and Diane Ravitch as it explores such issues as access to a high-quality public education, affirmative action, and the model-minority myth.
The film premiered at the 2015 DOC NYC film festival in NYC where The Village Voice named it one of the best films in the festival. The film has also screened in the UK, Ireland and at the White House for their Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Learn more about the film and watch the trailer: www.testedfilm.com
Co-sponsored by ACTEC, the All College Teacher Education Committee and by CSCRE, the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity.
This event is free and open to the public.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Bonita Ferguson at 607-274-1488 or bferguson@ithaca.edu as soon as possible.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20160309082440257