![]() West Virginia gifted students are identified by an IQ score of 130 or above, which represents 2 percent of the student population. To further explore this trend, 200 gifted teachers were surveyed in West Virginia concerning the ethnicity of themselves and their students. In West Virginia, only 3 Black teachers have been certified since 1976 to teach gifted students, as opposed to approximately 700 Caucasian teachers. ![]() The 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study found disproportionate representation of minority group students in gifted education. This paper addresses both the underrepresentation of minority students in gifted education programs and the lack of culturally diverse gifted education teachers in rural West Virginia.
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