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[quote=Anonymous]"The answer to this disparity isn't to stop identifying kids who have special learning needs due to giftedness"

+million.  OP, the conclusion you take from this article is completely inapt.  The reason gifted testing, identification, and programming exists is to serve the needs of a certain group of students.  This article says that the identification portion needs to be done better, which is old news for those involved in gifted education.  Many - gifted kids with learning disabilities, gifted kids who are gifted in non-traditional ways (think music or art ability) - fall through the cracks, not because of their race.  So the conclusion should be to work on doing a better job identifying kids for these programs, not denying these programs to those who need it.

And wrt to the suggestions that gifted programming precludes other students from AP/advanced tracked programs, that should not be the intent or result of a well-designed gifted program.  Again, different sets of kids have different needs.    [/quote]

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