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Booth County proposes universal second-grade gifted screening using national nonverbal screener
Summary
District staff presented an updated gifted plan that would screen all second graders in spring with a national nonverbal ability screener to reduce subjectivity; identified students would be evaluated further with teacher observation checklists and later battery tests.
The Booth County School Board on Oct. 9 reviewed an updated gifted-education plan that proposes universal second-grade screening using a national nonverbal ability screener and a teacher observation checklist for follow-up.
Mr. Morris, who presented the update, said the new screener will be administered to all second-grade students in the spring…
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