Presented by Tamra Stambuagh, PhD, Executive Director, Programs for Talented Youth, Vanderbilt University. This is the audio of a webinar presented to NAGC members.  How do we identify gifted students from low-income backgrounds?  They do not always present as gifted in the same way as their more advantaged peers.  Dr. Stambaugh talks through why we need to use different methods for identification and shows several alternative assessments.

Identifying And Serving Gifted Students Of Poverty

Presented by Kevin D. Besnoy, The University of Alabama.  This is an audio of a webinar presented to NAGC members.  Dr. Besnoy explains how both parents and students can effectively advocate the school for more rigorous curriculum

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A recent study showed that millions of K-12 students exceed grade-level expectations earlier than the end of the year, for some it is the first day in the classroom.  Is it time to rethink age-based grade levels? The study, conducted by Scott J. Peters, Karen Rambo-Hernandez, Matthew Makel, Micheal S. Matthews, and Jonathan Plucker, appeared in Gifted Child Quarterly, NAGC's scholarly journal.  Here, Dr. Scott Peters (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) is interviewed by M René Islas, executive director of NAGC.

Are Schools Helping Our Gifted Children Reach Their Personal Best?

The National Association for Gifted Students is a membership organization that supports and develops policies and practices that encourage and respond to the expressions of gifted and talents in children and youth. NAGC supports research, supports and engages in staff development, advocacy, communication, and collaboration with other organizations to improve the quality of gifted education. 

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