The fact that the fate of these admissions processes will only affect about 1% of students in this country, it is important that these institutions fight for a more diverse student body and prove that public education can be elite without being elitist.

The problem does not solely reside in the fact that BPS dismissed the test makers’ requests and perpetuated unfair admissions outcomes. Instead, it is that BPS hid from parents and the community that its implementation of the ISEE was deemed racially troublesome by the exam administrators themselves.