Continuation Criteria

For a student to continue to receive gifted education services, he or she must have satisfactory performance both in the regular classroom and in the gifted education classroom.

Elementary: Satisfactory performance in the regular classroom is defined as maintaining a 3.0 (B average) or an “S” in each of the core subjects, and an “A” or “B” or an “S” in reading and math. Satisfactory performance in the gifted classroom is defined as meeting 15 out of 20 behaviors on the Student Evaluation.

Middle School and High School: Satisfactory performance in the regular classroom is defined as 3.0 overall Grade Point Average (GPA) in each of the core subjects. Satisfactory performance in the gifted class room is defined as 3.0 GPA in each of the gifted services classes (Advanced Content, AP, IB, Executive Internship, etc.).

Note: Satisfactory performance is not only assessed by grades. An important component is task commitment, which is defined as the willingness and ability to focus on a task, especially a long-range academic task, and see it through to a satisfactory conclusion as defined in academic terms. Satisfactory performance may be documented by data from teacher reports, behavioral checklists, standardized test data and other sources of as needed.