Another Look at the Achievement Gap

By D. Ford, T. C. Grantham, Gilman W. Whiting. 2008

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Assessment Practices and the Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted and Talented Education (2012, background): “Ford, Grantham, and Whiting (2008) provided empirical support for this thesis; they reported that African American students in regular and gifted education associated acting White with being achievement oriented and acting Black with poor academic performance.”
Unlocking Emergent Talent: Supporting High Achievement of Low-Income, High Ability Students. (2012, unknown): “75 So too are students who care more about achieving in a particular subject or domain, 76 putting the students most likely to succeed and benefit from gifted programming, and those most motivated to achieve at the greatest risk.”
Segregation and the Underrepresentation of Blacks and Hispanics in Gifted Education: Social Inequality and Deficit Paradigms (2014, background): “Discrimination is operating when there is a pattern of teachers not referring African American students for gifted screening, identification, and services (see summary by Ford et al., 2008a, 2008b).”