School system proposes rolling screening and expanded elementary advanced math for gifted plan
Staff proposed updates to the local gifted-education plan, including a more objective identification process, rolling screening to allow immediate services, and expansion of advanced mathematics curriculum at the elementary level, with a request to move changes to the consent agenda.
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Ben Williams briefed the board on required updates to Roanoke County’s locally adopted gifted plan. Williams said the Virginia Department of Education requires a board-approved local plan and that the proposed changes add "a new more objective and defensible identification process" and shift to rolling screening, allowing students who qualify to receive immediate services rather than waiting for biannual screening windows.
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