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Muscogee County updates gifted identification and services; Saint Elmo reports growth and improved diversity
Summary
District gifted program leaders reported identification, referral and qualification statistics and described outreach and screening practices that increased identification of underrepresented students.
Jennifer Rowe, director of the Saint Elmo Center for the Gifted, briefed the board on identification, enrollment and program strategies for K–12 gifted services in Muscogee County.
Rowe said the district uses multiple, state-approved screeners and assessments — including the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) in first grade and the PSAT in eighth grade — to capture different areas of student strength. “We use a variety of the state approved assessments that actually assess different areas of strength, not…
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