Saturday, February 17, 2024
8:00 AM–8:50 AM CST
- PMD: 1,9
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 5: Issues in School Psychology, Education, and Supervision
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- explore the impact of COVID-19 on the gifted/talented eligible students’ growth in cognitive ability and academic achievement;
- understand the difference in the growth patterns between GT-eligible and non-GT-eligible students across cognitive ability and academic achievement; and
- improve the strategies used in the recovery efforts for students’ performance and more equitable GT identification referrals which may have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description
This study analyzed historical cognitive ability data in addition to academic achievement from two school districts to assess the impact of the COVID-19 on gifted eligible students and potential misidentification.
Presenter(s)
jongpil Kim, PhD, Riverside Insights
Contributor(s)
Onur Demirkaya, Sid Sharairi, Sharon L. Frey, MS