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Ford, Donna Y.; Wright, Brian L.; Washington, Ahmad; Henfield, Malik S. – School Psychology Forum, 2016
Black and Hispanic students are consistently underrepresented in gifted education. Several factors contribute to their low identification and lack of access to such programs and services. While teacher underreferral is a significant contributing factor, problematic also is testing and assessment, which is often administered by school…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification
Ford, Donna Y. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
Whether individuals like it or not, they have witnessed and will continue to witness a drastic increase in the number of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in schools. This increase is not being mirrored in gifted education. Why do gifted programs remain so stubbornly void of diversity? The author believes that attitudes in the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Relevance, Classroom Environment