Assignment+1

= **Assignment 1** = = **Your reflection of article due, no later than, __Oct. 21st__ ** = = **Responses to colleagues due, no later than, __Nov. 11__ ** =


 * === **Read the article from the Fordham Institute entitled //Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students//** ===


 * === ** Click on the "Discussions" tab at the top and write your reflection of this article/research. Do you think this is happening with the gifted students in Lancaster City Schools? Why or Why not? What can you do as a teacher to make sure this does not happen to your gifted students? Do you feel that "No Child Left Behind" is actually leaving behind the top students? Why or Why Not? Look at one of your student's Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores from 3rd grade to 5th grade to 7th grade. Do they go up or do they go down? include your findings in your response. ** ===


 * === ** Respond to at least two of your colleagues' responses. ** ===