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The Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted Education: Problems and Promises in Recruitment and Retention.
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Ford, Donna Y. – Journal of Special Education, 1998
Identifies factors that inhibit the recruitment and retention of minority students in gifted education programs including screening and identification issues (definitions and instrumentation); educational issues (quality of students' education); and personnel issues (lack of teacher training in gifted and urban education, low teacher referral).…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted