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District highlights gifted showcase; district says gifted identification rate is 6.12%
Summary
District staff told the board the St. Tammany Parish gifted-and-talented population was 6.12% as of Feb. 1 and described screening practices, teacher autonomy and next-year initiatives following the district’s second annual gifted showcase.
District staff updated the St. Tammany Parish School Board on the district’s gifted program and the second annual gifted showcase during the May 15 meeting, reporting program data and planned outreach initiatives.
“Currently, the state reports the numbers for both programs collectively rather than separately,” Ms. Gardner, a district staff member, told the board. She said the district’s gifted-and-talented student population was 6.12% as of the Feb. 1 count and contrasted that with a 5.37% rate in 2009–10, noting year-to-year comparisons can be misleading…
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