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Direct linkRiegel, Bruce D.; Behrens, Wendy A. – Gifted Child Today, 2022
In its various forms, acceleration continues to be an evidence-based and widely used service provided to gifted students but remains controversial and unsupported in legislation in most states. Case studies, current legislation, interviews with state directors of gifted education programs, and a deep dive into the 2018-2019 State of the States in…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Acceleration (Education), Academically Gifted, Gifted Education
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Wells, April; Meyer, Melanie S. – Gifted Child Today, 2022
Identification for gifted and talented services is governed by state and local policies. Inclusive, student-centered policies can support equity and excellence by ensuring that all students have access to appropriate levels of academic challenge. Gifted programming standards, evidence-based interventions, and emerging strategies can provide…
Descriptors: Identification, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Academic Achievement
Download full textPeters, Scott J.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen; Makel, Matthew C.; Matthews, Michael S.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – AERA Open, 2019
Educators have sought to understand and address the disproportional representation of students from certain student subgroups in gifted education. Most gifted identification decisions are made with national comparisons where students must score above a certain percentage of test takers. However, this approach is not always consistent with the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Student Diversity, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Coleman, Adrienne – Athens Journal of Education, 2020
According to the National Science Foundation, "the U.S. STEM workforce must be considered in the context of an expanding and vibrant global scientific and technological enterprise" (2014). "The National Academy of Sciences further suggests that, without the participation of individuals of all races and genders, the increasing demand…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, African American Students
Ford, Donna Y. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Gifted education has faced numerous criticisms regarding the extensive and persistent underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students. In the April 2013 issue of "Gifted Child Today," this author wrote about prejudice and discrimination in gifted education, and argued that in the past and now, discrimination exists in gifted education…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disproportionate Representation, Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination
