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Austin ISD reports progress on equitable access to advanced courses and gifted-and-talented identification
Summary
District staff presented baseline data showing progress toward targets for advanced-course participation and improved representation in gifted-and-talented (GT) identification, highlighted successful campuses and outlined next steps including standardized drop forms and expanded professional learning.
Dr. Elizabeth Severance, Austin ISD director of advanced academics, presented the district's monitoring report on Constraint 3 and two constraint progress measures (CPM): CPM 3.1, completion of advanced academic courses for grades 9'-12, and CPM 3.3, the representation index for newly identified students in the gifted-and-talented (GT) program. "Austin ISD prioritizes providing every student with the opportunity to achieve academic growth through challenging coursework," Severance said during the presentation.
The report sets a district goal to increase the percentage of ninth- through twelfth-grade students who have successfully completed an advanced academic course from 76 percent at the end of the 2023'24 school year to 86 percent by June 2029. District baseline data show 51 percent of 9'12 students already have earned credit in an advanced course, while…
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