Assessment Practices and the Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted and Talented Education

Autor/inn/en	Erwin, Jesse O.; Worrell, Frank C.
Titel	Assessment Practices and the Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted and Talented Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30 (2012) 1, S.74-87 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282911428197
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Achievement Gap; Group Membership; Summer Programs; Academically Gifted; Talent; Disproportionate Representation; Achievement Tests; Rating Scales; Program Effectiveness; Psychometrics; Minority Groups; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Sommerkurs; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Rating-Skala; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Ethnische Minderheit; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; USA
Abstract	Several scholars have asserted that the underrepresentation of minority students in gifted and talented education (GATE) programs is the result of biased assessment practices. However, an examination of the psychometric properties of scores on cognitive ability, achievement tests, and rating scales do not support these claims. We contend that the underrepresentation of some racial/ethnic groups in GATE program is another manifestation of the longstanding and intractable achievement gap in the United States. Although we agree that the goal of having more equitable representation of the school population in GATE programs is laudable, we argue that the solution is one that needs to come from policy changes rather than changes in assessment instruments. We provide recommendations for identifying gifted students who may be at a disadvantage because of their group membership and illustrate this process using recent data from a summer program for academically talented students. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10