New Study on Status of High-Achieving Students

The release of two national studies concluding that the nation’s top pupils have “languished” academically have generated lots of “buzz” in the national media around gifted education. The Fordham Institute’s latest report contains two separate studies examining the status of high-achieving students in the No Child Left Behind era. In the first, Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institution analyzes results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The second study, by survey researchers Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett, finds that most teachers feel pressure to focus primarily on their lowest achieving students and neglect the high achievers, even though this offends their sense of fairness.

See below for links to the NAGC Website and coverage of NAGC response to the report.

To view the brief on the report, click here. To view the full report, click here.

Donna Whiting has retired

Breaking News:
At last night's school board meeting Donna Whiting resigned as Director of GT at Conway Public Schools. She is retiring due to health concerns.

I haven't heard any word yet from the distict on their plans to recruit a new director. Hopefully we will hear more on that soon.

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