OAE Gifted Education (053) case studies
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Gifted Education (053) is one of the Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) subject-matter tests used in Ohio's educator licensure process. It is intended for candidates seeking an Ohio license or endorsement to teach gifted and talented students, and it is offered both as a computer-based test at test centers and as an online-proctored test taken remotely, including from home. The OAE Gifted Education (053) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,887 words.
1The Twice-Exceptional Fourth Grader and the Group Screener
Mason is a fourth grader in a suburban Ohio district. In October, the group-administered cognitive screener the district uses returned a standard score of 118 - nine points below the district's 127 cutoff for superior cognitive ability.
961 words, about 5 min2Referral-Gated Identification in a High-EL Building
Northside Elementary serves 620 students: 38% Hispanic, 22% current English learners, and 68% economically disadvantaged. Across the district, 11% of students are identified as gifted; at Northside, 3.1% are, and of the 19 identified students only one is an English learner and two are Hispanic.
958 words, about 5 min3The Eighth Grader, the Band Conflict, and Two Kinds of Acceleration
Jordan is an eighth grader in a rural Ohio district with one section per grade. He completed Algebra I in seventh grade with an A, scored at the 99th percentile on the state math achievement test, and works Algebra II problems with a tutor twice a week.
978 words, about 5 min4When Perfectionism Looks Like Boredom - and Like a Challenge Problem
Aisha is a fifth grader identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability and in specific academic ability in mathematics. Two days a week she attends a gifted pull-out.
1,008 words, about 5 min5Nine WEPs That Say "Differentiated Instruction"
At Riverside Middle School, nine identified gifted seventh graders are clustered in a math class of 28. Patel, holds no gifted endorsement and has not begun the district-funded endorsement cohort.
982 words, about 5 min