District updates TAG plan, aims to improve proportionality of identification
Summary
The district's TAG coordinator outlined annual TAG-plan updates: identification methods (teacher/parent referral, universal screeners, nonverbal Pearson screening), PEP plans akin to IEPs, and an equity goal to make TAG identification more proportional across student groups.
District TAG coordinator Kate presented the annual TAG plan update and walked the board through identification practices, cut scores and services. She explained that TAG students are identified "to serve" and that the district uses teacher and parent referrals, universal screeners (STAR), state test data and annual nonverbal intelligence screening (Pearson) typically at second or third grade. Kate said the district aims to set local cut scores near the 90th percentile to target roughly 4'8% district identification and emphasized that a PEP (personal education plan) is written for identified students, similar to an IEP.
Kate also described site-level programming: the K'5 program's enrichment classes and a junior great books curriculum at the elementary level, and dual-enrollment/CTE options at the high school. She said the updated TAG plan includes a continuous-improvement goal to reduce disproportionality in identification and to provide a short staff PD about TAG identification this school year.
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