Major problems associated with subcultural variations in school performance that interfere with the development of special programs for disadvantaged, gifted students are discussed. These problems include the difficulty of identifying gifted minority students by usual testing methods, the nature of programs that may be devised to benefit them, and…

The intent of this paper is to synthesize portions of the African American dialect literature that have relevance for designing, implementing, and evaluating school-based language programs for African American dialect speakers, and also to suggest guidelines for developing such programs. Because the issues reflect divergency and controversy, it is…