Asian Heritage Month Film: "Tested"

Tested looks at the lack of racial diversity at the top public high schools in New York City by following a dozen families from different racial, socio-economic and religious backgrounds as they prepare to pass the grueling entrance exam.

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 such 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.  Already, the film has been getting a great response from the White House Initiative on African American Education Excellence, the American Educational Research Association and The New York Times. 

Producer/writer Curtis Chin will be present to facilitate this discussion during the question and answer session. 

Co-sponsored by the Asian and Native American Center and Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center.

All events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.  For more information about past and current events, visit our website at wright.edu/ana or call the Asian and Native American Center at (937) 775-2798.