Identification of the Gifted: Design Defects and the Law.

Shaw, Frank W.,II

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ERIC Number: EJ337014

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Identification of the Gifted: Design Defects and the Law.

Shaw, Frank W.,II

Urban Education, v21 n1 p42-61 Apr 1986

Describes problems in the identification portion of programs for the gifted, in defining giftedness, and in selecting the means of identification, and justifying program content. Focuses on interest-based identification in the context of the law in order to eliminate discrimination against low SES students. (KH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Legal Problems, Program Design, Selection, Socioeconomic Status, Special Programs, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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