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*About Excel:
The Excel program at East
Carter School District is designed as an accelerated study program for
gifted and talented students. Students K-8 who meet district and state
requirements are eligible to receive services with this program. The program
provides differentiated learning opportunities normally not available in
a regular school program. Primary emphasis is upon higher level and abstract
thinking skills and on creative expression. Instructional sessions will
be supplementary to the regular instructional program in content.
*Eligible Participants:
Program services are available
for up to 5% of the enrollment in the school(s) or grade span(s) selected
for participation. Each participating student must be selected in accordance
with criteria published in the Department of Elementary and Secondary guidelines,
which include evidence of outstanding intellectual ability, academic achievement,
creativity, and performance in related areas.
*Individual Evaluation and Placement
Following screening and referral,
students must meet at least three of the following four identification
criteria to evaluate and place students in the gifted program.
1. General
Mental Ability - Full-scale scores on an individual intelligence
test at or above the 95th percentile.
2. Academic
Ability - Achievement test scores are used for formal evaluation
and placement, the cut-off score must be set at the 95th percentile or
higher.
3.
Creativity, Reasoning, and Problem-solving Ability - Results of
valid tests or other assessments indicating outstanding ability in one
of the following areas: (1) creative and productive thinking, (2)
advanced insight, (3) outstanding imagination, (4) innovative or creative
reasoning ability, (5) advanced perception of cause and effect relationships,
(6) problem solving, or (7) abstract concepts.
4. Other
- Documented evidence of exceptional performance
in a general academic area, a fine arts area, or another area related to
the design of the gifted program: Such evidence may take the form
of portfolios of student work, checklists of characteristics of gifted
students, formal classroom observations by persons knowledgeable about
characteristics of gifted students, auditions, product demonstrations,
etc.
*Information provided by
Missouri
Department of Education.
For more information about
the Excel Program qualification and testing procedures, contact Christine
Crites.
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