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Gadsden updates gifted identification process, plans universal second-grade screening

Gadsden Independent School District Board of Education · October 31, 2025
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Summary

The district reviewed identification procedures, the six state-recognized gifted categories and current caseloads. Coordinator Cheryl Coyle said the district has 183 identified students and 152 open referrals and will screen all second graders next winter with a nonverbal assessment (NNAT3) as part of planned outreach.

The Gadsden Independent School District presented an update on the gifted program, its identification process and referral counts.

Coordinator Cheryl Coyle described New Mexico's six recognized areas of giftedness (general intellectual ability, creative/divergent thinking, problem solving/critical thinking, specific aptitude/achievement, artistic…

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