ABSTRACT
The term identification, when used in an educational context, is very broad and encompasses processes that might be in place for deciding which students will be offered particular services within a school or school district, which students might be selected for a special school (e.g., a residential program in the arts or in mathematics, science, and technology), or who is given the option of attending a summer Governor’s School. Before any program personnel can determine who will be selected for participation, the definition of whatever construct is to be identified must be clear and agreed upon.
