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  • This exploratory sequential mixed methods study aimed to investigate the potential connection between districts' GT programs' policies and practices and the representation of Blacks, Hispanics, and English Language Learners (ELLs) in those programs. This study included a review of the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted and Talented Students operationalized in 79 school districts by analyzing their gifted and talented policies. Specifically, districts' definitions of giftedness, identification criteria, and the areas of giftedness they recognize were retrieved and used to classify school districts into specific categories. Additionally, the researcher analyzed whether districts had any strategic goal or plan in place to address the historical underrepresentation of Blacks, Hispanics, and ELLs in GT programs and services. The data collected comprised of printed and electronic copies of publicly released information made available on school districts' website pertaining to gifted and talented programs and services. Moreover, the information presented in districts' improvement plans was also analyzed. To assess the impact of districts' GT polices on the representation of Blacks, Hispanics, and ELLs, the researcher obtained demographic data for the selected school districts' gifted and talented programs from the Texas Education Agency. The average representation of Black, ELL, and Hispanic students enrolled in GT programs for each category was calculated, compared, and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. Particularly, the researcher conducted multiple one-way-ANOVA analyses using SPSS version 25 to assess the size of variance between group means (Kim, 2014). The results of the study demonstrated that districts' definitions of gifted and talented as well as the areas of exceptionality they recognized did affect the representation of Blacks, Hispanics, and ELLs in GT programs. Specifically, districts that acknowledged broader conceptions of giftedness characterized by multiple intelligence reported a larger representation of those students in their gifted and talented programs. For school districts' administrators and directors, these findings may provide information regarding how the gifted and talented definitions and the areas of giftedness used by school districts affect the representation of Blacks, Hispanics, and ELLs in gifted and talented programs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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