''... new instruments and methods need to be developed for
identification of gifted students in specific populations, such as disadvantaged, ethnic minorities, students with limited English - speaking ability, exceptionally gifted students and handicapped students» (pp. 77 - 78, emphasis added).
Not exact matches
Other steps needed to address achievement gaps include better promotions
of promising teaching and relationship - building strategies
in schools, a review
of bias
in disciplinary consequences and
identification of gifted students, and effective steps to increase racial diversity
in Kentucky's teaching force.
Each school division
in Virginia establishes procedures for the
identification of gifted students and for the delivery of services to those students, consistent with the Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Stu
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students and for the delivery
of services to those
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Instead
of relying on intelligence and achievement test scores solely for
identification, multiple criteria would be used, including more non-traditional measures such as observing
students interacting with a variety
of learning opportunities (Passow & Frasier, 1996) it is a belief
of many
in the field
of gifted education that new conceptions
of giftedness and a new paradigm for identifying and selecting
students will help minority and disadvantaged
students become more represented
in gifted programs (VanTassel - Baska, Patton, & Prillaman, 1991; Ford, 1996).
AB 2491 by Assemblyman Blumenfield, which requires the State Board
of Education, upon the next revision
of the
Gifted and Talented Education program criteria, to adopt a standard ensuring that school districts participating
in GATE adopt
student identification procedures
in order to provide economically disadvantaged pupils and pupils
of varying cultural backgrounds full participation
in the program.
The majority
of articles and studies on
gifted minority
students have focused on issues
of identification, primarily because some minority groups
of gifted learners, particularly Black, Hispanic American, and Native American, have been underrepresented
in gifted programs.
This digest discusses the
identification of students who are
gifted, the difficulties
in the
identification process, appropriate
identification practices, and procedures that can help with
identification.
All public school districts must have a board - approved
gifted and talented
identification process and provide services for identified
students enrolled
in the grades
of that school district.
Bobbie spearheaded the SIG's work on twice - exceptional issues, including the 2013 «Critical Issues
in the
Identification of Gifted Students with Co-existing Disabilities: The Twice - Exceptional», which provided a basis for NAGC's Position Statement, «Ensuring
Gifted Children with Disabilities Receive Appropriate Services: Call for Comprehensive Assessment» (2013).
Project PROMISE was a collaborative and integrated model for teaching and learning
in the primary grades (K - 3) to enhance instructional flexibility, develop science curriculum, and improve the
identification of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds for
gifted education services.