Senior Research Scientist NWEA Middletown, Connecticut, United States
Short Description: Using data from the NWEA MAP tests to examine math and reading growth for elementary school gifted and high achieving non-gifted students in 25 States, we have found that gifted student achievement growth is slower than growth among all non-gifted students. However, when students in the top decile of achievement are compared, gifted students have higher growth than non-gifted students.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how s gifted student math and reading growth compares to students who are not identified for gifted services.
Learn how math and reading growth among high achieving students differs based on gifted identification status.
Learn what previous studies and our research on the learning growth of 300,000 students in 25 states can tell us about the effectiveness of gifted education.
