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District GATE coordinator reports decline in state-identified gifted students, outlines outreach and testing changes
Summary
The district's new gifted and talented coordinator reported a decline in state-identified gifted students across several groups and outlined steps to expand testing windows, use CogAT data, train teachers in higher-order questioning and increase parent outreach.
Amanda Wilkins, the district's new gifted and talented (GATE) coordinator, briefed the board April 14 on identification trends and an action plan to increase equitable identification of gifted students.
Findings and goals Wilkins said district data and the strategic plan show the district did not meet projected goals for state-identified gifted students among pupils in poverty (projected 13.85, actual 13.55) and ethnically diverse students (projected 12.64, actual 12.61). She described a broader decline across the district in the number of students identified for state gifted services and said that children who have not been exposed…
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