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After years of criticism for their lack of diversity, programs for high achievers may not be adequately serving their Black and low-income students, a new study shows. The potential benefits aren t equally distributed, said lead author and University of Florida College of Education professor Christopher Redding, Ph.D., who evaluated data from gifted programs in elementary schools nationwide. The conversation up to this point has been about access, with less emphasis on how students perform once in gifted programs.
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Even when they include them, gifted programs aren’t serving Black and low-income kids
After years of criticism for their lack of diversity, programs for high achievers may not be adequately serving their Black and low-income students, a new study shows.
“The potential benefits aren t equally distributed,” said lead author and University of Florida College of Education professor Christopher Redding, Ph.D., who evaluated data from gifted programs in elementary schools nationwide. “The conversation up to this point has been about access, with less emphasis on how students perform once in gifted programs.”
While academic achievement gains for students overall were modest going from the 78th to 80th percentile in reading and rising only a third as much in math low-income and Black gifted students, on average, saw no achievement gains. When the researchers looked at factors beyond scores, including engagement, attendance, and whether a student left or stayed in a school,
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