Answer one or both of the questions below, and respond to at least two of your classmates%u2019 comments.

1. Should there be one set standard of measuring %u201Cgiftedness%u201D? In assessing students for giftedness in American society, if the assessment tools or procedures changed depending on the person being evaluated (for example, assessing individuals from purportedly different cultures using different measures), wouldn%u2019t such an approach invalidate the results?

2. How has a %u201Cdeficit orientation%u201D among educators when viewing minority students, contributed to the under-representation of African American, Hispanic American, and Native American students in gifted education programs?