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Ector County ISD to shift gifted-and-talented screener to 2nd grade, expand secondary showcases
Summary
Director of Advanced Academics Kristen Besley told the board the district will move the universal GT screener from third to second grade, expand showcases for secondary students, and require depth-and-complexity training for teachers; no programmatic service model changes were requested.
Kristen Besley, ECISDs director of Advanced Academics, told the board at a May 13 workshop that the district will propose moving its universal gifted-and-talented (GT) screener from third grade to second grade and will expand showcase opportunities into secondary schools.
Besley said ECISD currently identifies about 10% of its students as GT — roughly in line with the statewide average she cited — and emphasized the proposed changes are enhancements rather than programmatic shifts. "We are not asking to make any programmatic changes in the approval," Besley said, adding that…
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