Links for Portland Parents of Talented and Gifted Children

Site Contents:

News and announcements

Position Papers:

• Meeting the Needs of Gifted Children in Portland Public Schools a DTAC position paper
• Meeting the Needs of Gifted Children in Portland Public Schools, updated

 Local sites/Information

• Portland TAG appeal
• Portland TAG program review
• Portland Public Schools Sites

• Gifted children in Portland Public Schools: stories

• Other Local Sites/Resources

 Government Information (state/national)

• State resources/ State Law/Margaret's summary of Oregon TAG laws and Rules

• Oregon Department of Education

• School District Findings/Compliance Orders/Papers: Columbia, Lake Oswego, Newburg,Reynolds, Salem, Sisters,

• U.S. Government

• ERIC

 Listserv and discussion gateways; listserv websites

 Links to "meta-sites" (sites with lots of links to other sites)

 Articles /websites/specific topics:

•    Ability Grouping  NEW! Full-Text articles relevant to grouping from the NRC/GT

•    Advocacy

•    Articles

•    College Advice

•    Distance learning

•    Home schooling

•    Parenting

•    Reports and proceedings

•    Research resources

•    Special Needs

•    Testing and IQ

•    Unusually Gifted

Newspaper/Media articles about Oregon TAG programs

• Portland Public Schools

• Beaverton

• Lake Oswego

• Sisters

• State Meetings

• Other Articles/Oregon

• National News

 Articles on educating TAG children by Margaret DeLacy (links)

• Portland Student Achievement Data Start Page

• TAG spending data: National and State

• Value-Added/Progress-Based Assessment/(TVAAS)

• Mathematics Instruction

• Research Summaries for PPS: Acceleration, Ability grouping, Early Entry

• Advanced Placement

• Other Articles

Margaret's Reference Library: Scholars and Researchers' Aids (links)

• Citation aids/copy editing

• Copyright

• Dictionaries, glossaries and a thesaurus

• Encyclopedias

• Genealogy

• Human assistance

• Internet Safety/hoax information

• Miscellaneous facts/information

• Online tools for reference/bibliography

• Oral history/human subject research guidelines

• Translation help

• Writing guides: grammar, style etc.

• Locate individuals and send them mail