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GATE coordinator flags decline in state-identified gifted students and outlines outreach and testing changes
Summary
The district’s new gifted and talented coordinator reported a small decline in the number of state‑identified gifted students among pupils in poverty and ethnically diverse groups, described expanded testing and exposure strategies, and outlined teacher training and parent resources to identify more students earlier.
Amanda Wilkins, the district’s newly appointed gifted and talented (GATE) coordinator, told the board April 14 that Dorchester County School District 2 has experienced a small decline in state‑identified gifted students across several demographic groups and outlined steps to increase identification and service delivery.
Wilkins said the district projects and measures number of state‑identified gifted students in categories used in the strategic plan and reported the…
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