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Asheville City Schools revises AIG plan: universal nonverbal screening, broader identification criteria and equity measures
Summary
The district presented a revised academically/intellectually gifted (AIG) plan that moves from single‑test screens to multiple criteria, adds a nonverbal Naglieri screener in grade 3 and again in grade 6, and adopts a subgroup '20% allowance' to address under‑identification.
Asheville City Schools presented a three‑year revision of its Academically/Intellectually Gifted (AIG) plan that the state requires every three years, proposing changes to screening, identification and services designed to broaden access and address under‑representation.
AIG coordinator Shannon Hunt said the district will move from a system that previously relied heavily on a single superior aptitude score to a multiple‑criteria model recommended by current research. The revised plan adds universal nonverbal screening with the Naglieri General Ability Test (GAT) at the end of…
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