Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and ...

In the past, testing was offered for a fee as a courtesy. Testing will be offered only for students enrolling in FBISD from private school, home school, or other institutions with no gifted and ...

Critics have said the composition of the programs do not reflect the city's diversity. Four-year-old Lexi Eklof of Astoria, Queens will be taking the Gifted and Talented entrance exam this spring. Her ...

Some Colorado school districts are trying new approaches to identifying gifted children among students of color and other underrepresented groups. Children identified as gifted can get extra attention ...

Each year the test-takers file into the room. They’re dressed in layers, clutching No. 2 pencils, ready to take the test that could decide their entire educational future. Days, weeks, months of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is expanding its Gifted and Talented program to every school district starting next school year, along with changes to which students will be eligible and how the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools as vocal parents blame such elite programs for worsening racial ...

Houston ISD plans to test all second graders for the gifted-and-talented program this year, instead of testing all kindergartners as it has done for the past several years. HISD will administer ...

Many times when I am giving a presentation on a gifted education topic, whether at a conference or to some other group, a person in the audience raises their hand to ask what they apparently think is ...