Assessment practices and the underrepresentation of minority students in gifted and talented education

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-87

  Erwin, Jesse O ^a   Worrell, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; assessment; ethnicity; gifted

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856800297     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282911428197     Document Type: Article

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