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Meeting Date:
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2/27/2025 - 5:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation (SASI)
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Action
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Subject:
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9. Report with Possible Action on Gifted and Talented Identification and Services
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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Gifted and Talented Presentation
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Wisconsin State Statutes, chapters 121.02(1)(t) and 118.35, require school boards to establish guidelines for identification and to provide access to programs for students who are identified as gifted and talented. In Wisconsin, “gifted and talented pupils” means students enrolled in public schools who give evidence of high-performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program in order to fully develop such capabilities.
Milwaukee Public Schools begins this process through the identification of students by administering the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), to all students second grade. Additionally, schools that are part of the Javits Grants (SEE US!, SURGE, and Expanding Excellence) use the Teacher's Observation of Potential in Students (TOPS) Tool to identify gifted potential in from culturally, linguistically, diverse backgrounds.
This presentation will review this year's CogAT results including the use of local norms to increase identification, the revised MPS Gifted and Talented Identification and Guidelines, and existing services for gifted services for students and parents.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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NA
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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NA
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee reports having received the foregoing report. Although this item was noticed for possible action, no action is required.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Tina Owen-Moore - Board Clerk
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