EPISD reports GT redesign progress: universal 2nd‑grade screening, new coordinators and 6‑12 elective pathways in development
District academic leaders described a year of changes to El Paso ISD’s gifted‑and‑talented program: universal second‑grade screening with NWEA MAP and CogAT, creation of campus GT coordinators and a management system, expanded professional development, and draft STEM and ELAR elective pathways for grades 6–12.
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El Paso — El Paso ISD staff told trustees on Oct. 21 that schoolwide changes to the district’s gifted‑and‑talented (GT) identification and programming are underway, with new screening, staffing and curriculum steps designed to reduce under‑identification in historically underserved attendance zones.
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