The Underachievement of Gifted Students: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? - Article by Sally Reis and D. Betsy McCoach reviews studies on underachievement among the gifted. It explores some of the problems of identifying these students and provides suggestions for helping them according to today's research findings. - http://www.gt-cybersource.org/ArticlePrintable.aspx?rid=11236
What You Can Do to Reverse Underachievement in Your Classroom. - Gifted students are one group of exceptional learners who are not normally considered at risk for academic failure. However, the underachievement of academically gifted students is an area of concern and frustration for many parents, teachers, and counsel - http://www.geniusdenied.com/Cybersource/Record.aspx?lib=1&sort=SourceName&scat=902&stype=110&sid=13069&NavID=7_43&sterm=%22Genius+Denied+For+Educators%22
Underachieving Gifted Students - Strategies to reverse underachievement. - http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/underachieving_gifted.html
Program of Assessment, Diagnosis and Instruction - Program of Assessment, Diagnosis and Instruction (PADI) is an elementarty school program that finds and fosters potential giftedness among minority and poor children. PADI seeks to nurture higher level thinking skills among these underachieving students. - http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eii/padi/