Kindergarten Screening: Implications for Identification of the Academically Gifted, A Study of the Relationship Between Performance on the Waupun Eraly Childhood Assessment Instrument and Placement in the Elmbrook School District's Program for the Academically Gifted

Author

M. Audrey Silver, Marquette University

Date of Award

5-1981

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Ronald Zaffran

Abstract

School administrators, teachers, and psychologists regard kindergarten entrance as an optimum time for identifying children with special educational needs. Supporting these professional viewpoints, federal and state legislators have legitimized ---if not mandated--- early school screening programs through their legislative efforts in the 1970's.

Comments

A study of the relationship between performance on the Waupun Early Childhood Assessment Instrument and placement in the Elmbrook School District's program for the academically gifted.

An Essay submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Recommended Citation

Silver, M. Audrey, "Kindergarten Screening: Implications for Identification of the Academically Gifted, A Study of the Relationship Between Performance on the Waupun Eraly Childhood Assessment Instrument and Placement in the Elmbrook School District's Program for the Academically Gifted" (1981). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2130.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2130