Charles County Public Schools - Gifted Education Services

What's New?

Gifted Identification

Charles County Public Schools will begin a new gifted identification process in the spring of 2008. Students in grades 2-7 will be screened for gifted services for the 2008-2009 school year. The process will include:

Broad-based Screening of Students

Gifted Resource Teachers at each elementary and middle school will review available achievement test scores for students scoring at advanced levels.

Ability test scores for students in grades 2 and 5 will be reviewed.

Teachers may nominate students who display gifted characteristics in the classroom.

Parents may nominate students who display gifted characteristics at home.

These students will make up the screening pool.

In-depth Assessment of Students in Screening Pool

A school-based identification committee will review data on each student in the screening pool.

Multiple criteria will be considered including:

Abilities test – CogAT

Achievement data – MSA, quarterly assessments

Classroom performance/grades

Teacher observation checklists

Parent nominations/checklists

Student needs will be identified.

Student Needs Matched to Gifted Services

Many students will continue with gifted services already available in schools.

Additional gifted services may be available based on the following timeline:

2008-2009 – Language arts/reading and math

2009-2010 – Science and social studies

2010-2011 – Arts and leadership

Parent Notification

Parent will be notified by mail of committee recommendations.

Letters will be mailed before the end of the school year.

Any parent can nominate a child in grades 2-7 to be screened for gifted services. Parent nomination forms are available at every elementary and middle school. Forms must be returned to the gifted education resource teacher at your child's school March 3 – 20, 2008. Contact the gifted resource teacher with questions.