ERIC Number: EJ1071081
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
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Comparing Prospective Twice-Exceptional Students with High-Performing Peers on High-Stakes Tests of Achievement
Bell, Sherry Mee; Taylor, Emily P.; McCallum, R. Steve; Coles, Jeremy T.; Hays, Elizabeth
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v38 n3 p294-317 Sep 2015
From a sample of 1,242 third graders, prospective twice-exceptional students were selected using reading and math curriculum-based measures (CBMs), routinely used in Response to Intervention (RtI). These prospective twice-exceptional students were compared with non-twice-exceptional peers with similar strengths in either math or reading on CBMs and an end-of-year high-stakes achievement test. Students (both potentially twice-exceptional and not) who are potentially gifted in reading based on CBM performance did not differ significantly on the end-of-year outcomes in reading (p < 0.05); rather, students in both groups performed equally high. However, twice-exceptional students who are potentially gifted in math performed significantly lower on both end-of-year math and reading outcomes than non-twice-exceptional peers. Most of the end-of-year math subtest scores were negatively affected by the prospective twice-exceptional students' deficits in reading, even though their math CBM scores placed them into a category representing giftedness in math. Implications for screening for twice-exceptionality are discussed.
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Comorbidity, Academically Gifted, Disabilities, Curriculum Based Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Scores, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Testing Accommodations, Disability Identification, Talent Identification, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
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