About Me

Scott J. Peters is a Professor of Assessment and Research Methodology in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater where he teaches courses on measurement and assessment, research methodology, and gifted education. His research work focuses on educational assessment, gifted and talented student identification, disproportionality within K-12 education, and educational policy. His work has appeared in journals such as AERA Open, the British Journal of Educational Psychology, Gifted Child Quarterly, the Journal of Advanced Academics, Exceptional Children, Ed Week, Ed Leadership, Gifted Child Today, and Gifted and Talented International. He is the past recipient of the Fedlhusen Doctoral Fellowship, the National Association for Gifted Children Research and Evaluation Network Dissertation Award, the Doctoral Student of the Year Award, the Early Scholar Award, and the UW-Whitewater College of Education Innovation and Outstanding Research Awards. He is the first author of Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs and Designing Gifted Education Programs and Services: From Purpose to Implementation, both from Prufrock Press, and the co-author (along with Jonathan Plucker) of Excellence Gaps in Education: Expanding Opportunities for Talented Students, published by Harvard Education Press.