Data from the National Center for Education Statistics (2013) suggests all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. gifted or talented students might conceivably be the largest group of students with exceptionalities. b. the prevalence of giftedness is decreasing.
c. more than 3.23 million students are identified as gifted.
d. about 6.7 percent of the school-age population is gifted.
ANSWER: b
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