Total School Cluster Grouping Model Analysis

Overall, the questions are good and I would use all of them to analyze the Total School Cluster Grouping Model because they all identify important aspects of analysis with the assumptions underlying the model, the fit of the model for gifted with research to validate it while making sure that teachers are trained. However, a few things that are missing include:
 What is the role that the teacher plays in the model? (It talks about the training but not their actual role)
 How is a student who is dually classified addressed as part of this model (Twice exceptional, ESL)?
 How has this model evolved over time? (When was the model created, is it still relevant in today’s society)
 What are some of the drawbacks to the model for gifted students? (It talks about the positives, but is there anything that is not part of the model that should be addressed for gifted students) …show more content…
220). This model assumes that all students are identified yearly based upon their performance using a local frame of reference. All students have the ability to be gifted under this model because using one test to base their identification on, is very misconstrued. The TSCG model believes there should be a combination of data that includes classroom performance as well as achievement data (Gentry & Fugate, 2013, p. 217). This enables a school to perform a “checks and balances” of their program (Gentry & MacDougall, 2009, p. 221) which if a person is having a bad day enables them to be identified as gifted in the future and not wait until the next round of