June 15, 2020 1-3 PM

Use of local or subgroup norms is a best practice in identification of gifted students. They may be more important now that student growth has been affected by the pandemic. How can local norms affect equity and validity of gifted identification in your school or district? How can schools decide what tests and cut scores to use?

NM educators who participate in a short (10-20 minute) survey about gifted identification practices by Friday, June 12, will be given access to this live webinar and a recording for later review.

Complete the survey here: https://forms.gle/6ziNrCRDJ6Jc2zyY8

May 23, 2020 08:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Greetings!
On behalf of NMPED we would like to invite you to attend the rescheduled NMPED Gifted Education Focus Discussions on Zoom, Saturday May 23, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. The link to register is below. If you are unable to attend, there will be a second meeting held on June 13th, 2020.
Also, please be sure to complete the pre readings, which are attached to this email, prior to the training. If you have any questions, please contact the Region 9 Event Team at event.registration@regionix.org. We hope you will join us!

Register in advance for this meeting:
Click here to register

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

Recommended Reading

We will be discussing the following materials during the meeting. Please take a moment to become familiar with them.

NMAC Gifted/Special Education
http://164.64.110.134/parts/title06/06.031.0002.html

What is Best Practice
https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/national-standards-gifted-and-talented-education/pre-k-grade-12

Curriculum and Instruction:
Lessons Learned About Educating the Gifted and Talented: A Synthesis of the Research on Educational Practice
https://aea11gt.pbworks.com/f/LessonsLrnd-Rogers.pdf

Achievement Unlocked: Effective Curriculum Interventions With Low-Income Students
journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullAchievement Unlocked: Effective Curriculum Interventions …

Program Design:
Closing Poverty-Based Excellence Gaps: Conceptual, Measurement, and Educational Issues 
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/PBwN6QY2TscMrCXXhwDc/full

Identification and Representation:
Effect of Local Norms on Racial and Ethnic Representation in Gifted Education
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1220745.pdf