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Board approves LEAP identification updates for gifted program
Chapel Hill–Carrboro City Schools Board of Education · May 13, 2026
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Summary
The board approved staff recommendations to change LEAP gifted identification: use scale scores (not percentiles), base aptitude on specific subtests, and broaden achievement criteria to the 90th percentile/one grade above; staff will post materials and notify families.
The school board approved a package of changes to LEAP gifted identification criteria during the Dec. 15 meeting, staff said.
Staff recommended three technical changes: switch from percentiles to scale scores to improve precision; use scores from the verbal and quantitative subtests…
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