{"id":49169,"date":"2022-10-19T17:33:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=49169"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:16:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:16:32","slug":"gifted-programs-efficacy-and-equity-underfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/gifted-programs-efficacy-and-equity-underfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted Programs Efficacy And Equity UnderFire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The efficacy and equity of gifted programs<\/a> came under fire in 2021 when New York City mayor Bill De Blasio rolled out a plan to phase out the city\u2019s gifted program<\/a> completely\u2014a plan that was later quietly shelved<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Parents who perhaps were in gifted programs themselves as kids and whose own kids do or do not qualify are confused and sometimes outraged at the inconsistent policies about who gets to be called \u201cgifted\u201d and what privileges this \u201cstatus symbol\u201d can afford someone given this label. But what does it mean to be \u201cgifted\u201d? Should you get your kid tested, and, if they qualify, should you accept services? And will your kid be \u201cbetter off\u201d in the long run if they\u2019re in a gifted program or identified as gifted when they\u2019re young?<\/p>\n

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Signs your child may be gifted<\/h2>\n

In many districts around the country, gifted education is part of the special education program, which doesn\u2019t make it seem like a \u201cstatus symbol,\u201d but more of an accommodation that needs to be made for students who don\u2019t fit into the average mold of their peers.<\/p>\n

Intellectually gifted student criteria vary by state or district<\/a>, but the gifted population often makes up 10, 5, or even 1% of the student population based on some kind of assessment. Sometimes the entire student population is tested at once, such as on state testing in the second grade, or students will be \u201cnominated\u201d by teachers or parents and tested by school psychologists or gifted specialists. Occasionally, schools will accept private evaluations. Often individual or private tests include kind of IQ test (the test that determines if someone is a genius), but in recent years, other tests, like the Raven<\/a>, aimed at being more inclusive and equitable, have been used to identify gifted students.<\/p>\n

Often a child is nominated for a gifted program if they are ahead of their peers in one or more subject areas. I worked as a gifted education specialist for several years, and we had teachers fill out checklists to nominate or to help us identify gifted students. Similar lists<\/a> are available at all schools.<\/p>\n

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Signs your child may be gifted include:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n