Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
8-2023
School/College
College of Education (COE)
Degree Name
Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction
Committee Chairperson
Delilah Gonzales
Committee Member 1
Holim Song
Committee Member 2
Ingrid Haynes
Committee Member 3
Hope Luster
Committee Member 4
Lacey Reynolds
Keywords
• Advanced Placement Programs • Education • Gifted and Talented • Gifted Gap
Abstract
For decades systemic inequalities in advanced placement courses in education have been a continued driving force to reduce opportunities for African American males compared to other ethnicities. This research provides a statistical analysis of the "Gifted Gap" in school districts within the United States serving an expanding metropolitan region with limited educational opportunities to grow due to gender, racial, and socioeconomic disproportions. The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental study was to investigate the differences between African American male students compared to other ethnic male students, which may pose a "Gifted Gap" due to racial and gender factors in gifted and advanced school programs. Two separate archival datasets were obtained through the US Department of Education. To answer the three research questions, a series of independent samples t-tests, ANOVAs, and chi-squared tests was conducted on each of the two datasets.
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Recommended Citation
Crusoe, Lauren, "The Gifted Gap and Advance Placement: A Comparison of Placement and Advancement of African American Males Compared to other Ethnicities in Gifted and Advanced School Programs." (2023). Dissertations (2016-Present). 75.
https://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/dissertations/75