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District cites assessment and screening changes for declines in highly capable identification, notes rise in special-education enrollment
Summary
Northshore staff told the board that changes to kindergarten screening and a new math assessment reduced identification rates for highly capable services and that special-education enrollment rose post‑COVID; staff said they are investigating category-level drivers and will report back.
District leaders told the board that assessment and screening choices have materially changed which students are identified for certain programs and that special-education enrollment increased after the pandemic.
"Following the 20 two-twenty 3 school year, we discontinued universal screening for our kindergarten students," Amity Butler said, explaining that ending universal kindergarten screening contributed to a drop in the percentage of students qualifying for highly capable identification (Butler cited a change from…
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