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Beloit School District changes advanced‑learning identification to district norms, expands access
Summary
District leaders explained a multi‑year effort to change how students are identified for advanced‑learning services — moving from national norms to district‑ and building‑level benchmarks and broadening program opportunities, which officials say has produced a more demographically aligned cohort.
Theresa Morteck, the district’s executive director of teaching, learning and equity, told the Board of Education on July 15 that the Beloit School District has revised how it identifies students for advanced‑learning services to reduce disproportionality and expand access.
Morteck said the district and a research partner examined the existing service model and the sensitivity and equity of the identification process. The district now supplements national norms with building‑ and district‑level benchmarks — using locally derived 90th‑percentile cutoffs in some screens — and multiple assessments (CogAT for general intellectual, MAP for specific…
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