For too long, the nation’s education system has neglected the needs of its high-potential students.
Ann Robinson, president of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is right. One indication of the neglect is the lack of monetary investment in the gifted.
The federal government’s investment in gifted and talented learners now stands at 2 cents of every $100 education dollars...
Another indication is the test scores of gifted students.
Over the past decade, despite impressive gains by students at the low end of the performance spectrum, the scores of students in the top 10 percent have remained largely flat.
Forget the test scores. Some of these students are already bumping their heads against the ceiling and ceilings tend to be flat.
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