Director/Writer/Producer CURTIS CHIN presents his documentary TESTED
Monday 9/28/15 - 6:30 pm - Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center, UConn Storrs campus
Admission to nationally ranked public high schools in NYC is granted solely on the basis of a single test score – the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT). Only one in five will get in. Accusations of racial discrimination against this one-test policy helped spur the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to file a complaint with the US Dept. of Education, Office of Civil Rights to challenge this admission policy.
This documentary follows the struggles and challenges of a diverse group of students, many of them immigrants and working class, as they prepare for this all-important test.
TESTED spotlights education as one key path to social justice, along with issues relevant to our “post racial”/Obama era: access to high-quality public education; equity and affirmative action; race versus class; the Tiger Mom and model-minority myth. This film examines how communities of color, using stereotypes, are pitted against one another in a fight of dwindling public resources. Even as public education comes under fire, it remains one of the few tools available to help disadvantaged and immigrant families ascend America’s socioeconomic ladder. (APAHE website)
After the showing of the documentary, Director/Writer/Producer Curtis Chin will talk and lead a Q & A.
Co-Sponsors/Partners: African American Cultural Center, Asian American Cultural Center, Asian & Asian American Studies Institute, Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA), CommPACT Community Schools Collaborative, Community Outreach, Connecticut Writing Project, El Instituto, Neag School of Education: Curriculum & Instruction and Teacher Education, Office of Public Engagement, Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center, Rainbow Center, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, UConn Humanities Institute
For more information, contact: AsACC at asacc@uconn.edu