Lukens, as a school psychologist, had worked in several schools in the county, and noticed disparities in who was being referred to her for
evaluation for gifted programs.
Recent books include: Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Education (with Tamra Stambaugh), Curriculum for Gifted Students, Designing and Utilizing
Evaluation for Gifted Program Improvement (with Annie Feng), Content - based Curriculum for Gifted Learners (with Catherine Little) and Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners.
Not exact matches
The
program review was started in 2010 with an external
evaluation from a
gifted education expert from the University of Virginia, which found that the district did not have a real definition of «
gifted» or a consistent way of identifying students
for Odyssey.
This bill would prevent educators from using PARCC scores, «to determine a student's placement in a
gifted and talented
program, another
program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test, any other school or district - level decision that affects students, or as part of any
evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education
for approval.»
(1) Services and
programs planned, developed and operated
for the identification and
evaluation of each
gifted student.
In a study of the distance learning
programs offered through Johns Hopkins University's Center
for Talented Youth, outcomes of the
program for gifted students ages 5 - 17 were examined by looking at both student and parent
evaluations and final grades
for the courses.
Although the Gates Foundation money is a tiny portion of the Hartford School System's total budget, by accepting the grant, the Hartford Board is committed to instituting more standardized testing (the NWEA MAP test), supporting the expansion of more charter slots (a
gift for Jumoke and Achievement First) and attaching teacher
evaluation results (From the Danielson / Teachscape
programs) to the NWEA MAP and other standardized test data.
Defensible
evaluation of
programs for the
gifted and talented.