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Download full textLockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2007
To identify a future research agenda with the goal of narrowing the achievement gap between underrepresented groups and their peers in gifted and talented education, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) at the University of Connecticut convened a Needs Assessment Conference in January 2005 and commissioned four…
Descriptors: Gifted Disadvantaged, Achievement Gap, Disproportionate Representation, Social Capital
Lucas, Samuel R. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2004
Schools are complex organizations that serve as the primary official location for the socialization of children in the United States. Given the centrality of this institution, many theoretical frameworks are usefully applied to their study. Regardless of the framework used, however, three focal features of schools stand out--evaluation,…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Educational Attainment, Gifted, Exceptional Child Research
Gandara, Patricia – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2004
This monograph describes the current educational status of Latino students in the United States and, based on the extant research, attempts to explain their relatively low educational performance. The research finds many structural and socio-cultural barriers to academic achievement for this group, including poverty, poor schooling, language …
Descriptors: Models, High Achievement, Hispanic American Students, Social Capital
