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Poster 33: Evidence-based Practices Or Not? Explore a District's Success Increasing 2E & CLED Students

Thursday, November 13, 2025
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM ET
Location: Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary, Professionals
Short Description: There is a paucity of research focusing on gifted education teachers’ voices, how they would create more inclusive GT practices. This session examines GT teachers' ideas for more inclusive practices, increasing diversity, how these ideas are supported by other empirical research. Process and results of a district's successful attempts to increase diversity will be shared with suggested steps for replication.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will learn how the protocol for using local norms increased the identification of diverse students for one district's high potential students.
  • Attendees will learn about gifted education teachers' ideas for more inclusive processes to increase underrepresented populations in their gifted education programs.
  • Attendees will be able to implement more inclusive practices in GT classrooms, and gifted programs, using ideas from GT teachers; information about using local norms protocol to increase diverse representation.