Inequality at the Starting Line: Under-Representation in Gifted Identification and Disparities in Early Achievement

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Inequality at the Starting Line: Under-Representation in Gifted Identification and Disparities in Early Achievement
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Long, Daniel A. (ORCID 0000-0003-1887-2993), McCoach, D. Betsy (ORCID 0000-0001-9063-6835), Siegle, Del, Callahan, Carolyn M., Gubbins, E. Jean
المصدر: Grantee Submission. 2023.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 65
تاريخ النشر: 2023
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R305C140018
R305C200012
نوع الوثيقة: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Grade 3
Primary Education
Grade 4
Intermediate Grades
Grade 5
Middle Schools
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, English Language Learners, Low Income Students, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Talent Identification, Racism, Social Bias, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Asian American Students, Student Characteristics
DOI: 10.1177/23328584231171535
مستخلص: Is under-representation of Black, Latinx, English learners (EL), and students from economically challenging communities in gifted programs due to inequality in early academic achievement or bias in the gifted identification process? Using three-level multilevel logistic models, we examine the degree to which the disparities in gifted identification are due to disparities in early achievement. Our datasets include 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade achievement scores and demographic variables from all students in a 3rd grade 2011-2012 cohort across three states. Students who were free/reduced lunch, EL, Black, or Latinx were between 2 to 8 times less likely to be identified as gifted compared to non-free/reduced lunch, non-EL, and White or Asian students. However, between 50% and 100% of gifted identification disparities could be explained by student-level differences in early academic achievement, which is consistent with an opportunity gap explanation of underrepresentation. [This paper was published in "AERA Open" v9 n1 p1-25 Jan-Dec 2023.]
Abstractor: As Provided
IES Funded: Yes
Entry Date: 2023
رقم الأكسشن: ED630709
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
DOI:10.1177/23328584231171535