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A Single Case Study Of The Impact Of Policy Changes On Identification For Gifted Programs, Russell Warne
A Single Case Study Of The Impact Of Policy Changes On Identification For Gifted Programs, Russell Warne
Russell T Warne
The annals of gifted education research contain few educational policy studies and even fewer studies on the impacts of changes in policy. To partially fill this gap, the authors performed an ABA study investigating the impact of accountability legislation on the number of students reported gifted in Texas public schools. Data were collected from the 1999–2000 school year to 2012–2013 school year from a public educational database. Data analysis showed that when accountability legislation was in effect, more students were identified as gifted in Texas public schools. In addition, the percentage of campuses with few or no gifted students was …