| Owner: |
Carolyn M. Callahan
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| Owner Email: |
callahan282@gmail.com
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| Paper Title: |
Consequences of Implementing Alternative Strategies for Identifying Gifted Students
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| Session Title: |
Current and Promising Practices in the Identification of Gifted Students
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/20/2020
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| Presentation Location: |
Online
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| Descriptors: |
Academic Outcomes, Gifted Education, Rural Education
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
Carolyn M. Callahan, University of Virginia; Amy Price Azano, Virginia Tech; Sunhee Park, University of Virginia; Annalissa V. Brodersen, University of Virginia; Melanie Caughey, Cleveland State University; Erika Bass, University of Northern Iowa
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| Unit: |
SIG-Research on Giftedness, Creativity and Talent
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| Abstract: |
Educators in gifted education struggle to identify effective strategies for identifying gifted students from under-served populations who would benefit from gifted education services. Using data from a longitudinal study and drawing from an initial student sample in 12 low-income rural districts, we examined an alternative identification process for gifted services. Data analysis validated the process in yielding a new pool of students and confirmed that rural gifts may manifest in ways “missed” by traditional identification processes. Results also demonstrate that while students varied on pretests (alternatively identified students s cored lower), there were no differences in the post-tests among the two groups, invalidating claims that alternative assessment leads to the inclusion of students less capable of high levels of achievement.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1571728
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