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Bennington Public Schools presents gifted-services evaluation, plans phased rollout and policy updates
Summary
District staff presented a program evaluation of gifted services, saying about 15% of students currently qualify, proposed moving middle-school services to a class format next year and signaled forthcoming board policy changes and administrative forms for exit, appeals and progress monitoring.
Bennington Public Schools staff presented the district's program evaluation for gifted services and outlined a phased rollout of service-model changes.
A district presenter described the measures the district uses to identify gifted students — fall math tests, a cognitive ability test, a teacher-completed written assessment (SIGS) and a COVID-related screen — and showed a flowchart for how those measures are used to determine eligibility and placement. The presenter said about 15% of students in the district currently qualify for services, a rate…
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