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Gifted-student screenings often miss poor students who should qualify

  • Written by Bich Thi Ngoc Tran, Research Associate, The Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth College
Gifted-student screenings often miss poor students who should qualifySome students aren't identified as gifted but should qualify.Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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High-achieving students from low-income backgrounds are half as likely to be placed in a gifted program as their more affluent peers, according to our new study.

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