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Ontario School District shifts TAG identification to broader, multi-pathway screening
Summary
The district’s TAG coordinator told the board the district is moving from test-only identification toward a holistic, multi-pathway model that increases identification of underrepresented students and emphasizes classroom differentiation and enrichment.
Val Reynolds, the district’s TAG coordinator, told the Ontario School District 8C board that the district has revised how it identifies and serves academically talented and gifted (TAG) students, moving from a single-test model to a “holistic” multi-pathway approach.
Reynolds described a plan that keeps universal screening for new students but adds teacher and parent referrals, case studies, portfolios and local-norm criteria so more students from historically underrepresented groups can qualify for services. "We will do universal screening every fall in second and fifth grade," she said, and added the district is using multiple qualitative and quantitative measures to assess students.
The changes are meant to reach a wider set of students who were previously missed by a narrow…
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