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report on NCLB & gifted kids #49689 06/19/09 11:57 AM
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OP MsFriz Member M Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 313	Has anyone seen this report? I haven't read it all, but it appears to conclude that NCLB has improved the performance of gifted kids. Center on Education Policy

Re: report on NCLB & gifted kids MsFriz #49691 06/19/09 01:31 PM
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Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,299 Likes: 2 California	Can you be more specific about where it makes the conclusion? Val

Re: report on NCLB & gifted kids Val #49693 06/19/09 02:35 PM
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inky Member I Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,299	Actually the conclusion is they "found no strong evidence that NCLB's focus on proficiency is shortchanging students at the advanced levels." This is based on more states having a larger percentage of students scoring in the "advanced" range. Having more children score in the advanced range does not necessarily show performance of gifted kids has improved. P.S. Unfortunately there will probably be a number of decision makers who interpret it just that way. Last edited by inky; 06/19/09 02:42 PM. Reason: P.S.

Re: report on NCLB & gifted kids inky #49701 06/19/09 07:06 PM
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Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,299 Likes: 2 California	It's depressing. The cynic in me is thinking that "advanced" probably means above some somewhat higher cutoff score rather than actually advanced in the true meaning of the word. Val

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