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Publication Date: 2001
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Equitable Access to Excellence: Opportunities for Gifted Education to an Underrepresented Population through Open Enrollment.
Awaya, Allen
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v25 n2 p177-97 Win 2001
This article describes a gifted program that identified students after entry into the program. Students are judged suitable for gifted education after having had opportunities to develop and exhibit behaviors within a gifted classroom. The result has been student opportunities and achievements that span the chasm between excellence and equity. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria, Gifted, Nondiscriminatory Education, Performance Based Assessment, Secondary Education, Special Classes, Student Evaluation, Student Participation, Talent Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hawaii
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