COLORADO EXAMPLE

Identification of Gifted and Talented Students

Greeley-Evans School District follows established procedures for the identification of
gifted/talented students that align with state guidelines (CDE, 2003). Identification is
an ongoing process that is facilitated by the GT teacher in each building. It uses both
formal and informal data and requires the collection of a body of evidence over time
to substantiate a students talent in specific areas. Ultimately, the process guides
programming for each identified student. A complete identification kit is available at
each school. Following is a visual overview of the process. The full process is defined
on the next page.
Purpose: To find gifted students whose abilities, talents and potential for
accomplishment are so outstanding that they require special provisions in the form of
appropriately challenging programming to meet their educational needs.




Student Identification Process




Collecting a Body of Evidence for Identification
Multiple sources and tools allow children to reveal their exceptionalities or potential. A variety
of assessment tools should be used to collect information on a student whose background or
talent area makes him/her unique from others.
A complete "body of evidence" will consists of data from at lease three of the four areas of
intellectual ability, achievement, behaviors/characteristics, and demonstrated performance.
Identification is based on S (strong), M (moderate), B (borderline) evidence for each piece of
data.