Disadvantaged and Culturally Diverse Gifted Students

Abstract

The low number of gifted students identified in disadvantaged and culturally diverse groups has been, and continues to be, problematic. Why has this problem persisted? Why do we know, think we know, and need to know about resolving identification issues? This paper provides responses to these questions and proposes a possible solution. A profile system is presented that describes a viable way to utilize data from test and non-test sources to identify these children.