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Board reviews gifted-identification process and questions program access at Old Donation and cluster sites
Summary
Director Crystal Wilkerson presented VBCPS' multi-criteria gifted identification and service delivery: universal screening (grades 2 and 5), cluster models, Old Donation School and Plaza Middle Years programming, and revised art/dance audition procedures. Board members raised equity questions about access, course weighting and language opportunities.
Dr. Crystal Wilkerson, director of K–12 and gifted programs, briefed the board on Virginia Beach City Public Schools' approach to gifted identification and services and fielded extensive questions on access and program equity.
Wilkerson said the division uses a layered identification approach aligned with the Virginia code: universal screening in grades 2 and 5 (using the NNAT) and a second-stage cognitive abilities test (COGAT) plus a multi-criteria student profile that includes qualitative and quantitative data. "No…
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