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Assouline, Susan G.; Ihrig, Lori M.; Mahatmya, Duhita – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017
High-potential students from underresourced rural schools face barriers that reduce options for academic advancement, which widens the excellence gap between them and their more affluent, but similar ability peers. The goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an expanded above-level testing model to identify high-potential rural…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Talent Identification, Models, Admission Criteria
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Ward, Sandra B.; Pelco, Lynn E.; Landrum, Mary S. – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 1998
Describes an alternative, multicomponent assessment model that increases the probability of early identification of at-risk children who demonstrate the potential to be gifted. The model combines the use of traditional intelligence tests with nontraditional assessment strategies, including behavioral observations and curriculum-based assessment.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Based Assessment, Early Intervention
Callahan, Carolyn M.; Tomlinson, Carol A.; Moon, Tonya R.; Tomchin, Ellen M.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – 1995
This monograph describes Project START (Support To Affirm Rising Talent), a three-year collaborative research effort to develop and apply gifted identification procedures based on Howard Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences. Specifically, the study attempted to: (1) develop identification procedures; (2) identify high-potential…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Differences