The Disparities in Gifted and Talented Programs

The students pay a fee

Teacher Nomination

They take a gifted program admissions test

They apply

They do not want to be in Gifted Programs

They failed they admission test into the programs

Teacher bias results in them not being nominated as often as white students

Their parents do not allow them to be in Gifted Programs

Bragging rights

Students in Gifted Programs receive more scholarships for college

Students become favored by their teachers

Students are more cognitively challenged and learn at an accelerated pace

A Black student with a 4.0 GPA

A Hispanic student in the 5th grade who reads at a 9th grade reading level

A student from a low-income family that excels in math beyond grade level

All of the above

A student who exhibits exceptional aptitude in one or more domain

A student who is taller than all their peers

A student who likes to read

A student who gets straight A's