How does Twain identify students for the Gifted and Talented Program? Gifted and talented learners are a diverse group of students with unique instructional needs. Gifted and talented students are those children whose abilities, talents and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced, that they require special provisions beyond what is offered regularly by a classroom teacher to meet their instructional needs.

GT students at Twain are identified through a formal process which includes collecting data from multiple sources to determine the best possible match between available services and the learner’s individual needs. The following options are available as a part of GT services at Mark Twain Elementary:

* in class flexible grouping
* differentiation
* curriculum compacting
* cluster grouping
* acceleration by subject
* acceleration by grade

Students may be nominated for GT screening by a parent, teacher, peer, or themselves. Screening takes place throughout the year. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have questions about this process.