Definition and Identification

Definition of Gifted Learners

GT learners are students between five and 21 whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so outstanding that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs.
GT learners include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic and ethnic, cultural populations. Please visit the district link below to learn more regarding GT identification procedures in PSD.

Gifted Identification in PSD

To qualify for gifted education services, the student needs at least three qualifying indicators that span two different areas of the body of evidence.
Qualifying indicators include scores at the 95th percentile or higher, “exceeded expectations” on CMAS, or a predetermined score on assessments in demonstrated performance.
No two scores may come from the same assessment or the same type of assessment. (For example, the MAP and STAR are both norm-referenced achievement tests, and multiple qualifying scores count as a single qualifying data point.)
All qualifying indicators need to be within the same two-year period.