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Gifted & Talented
District 158 is committed to the
belief that each student is a unique and valuable human being who possesses
individual educational needs and abilities. It is the responsibility of the
school to not only acknowledge this, but to identify those needs and abilities
and then to provide appropriate educational experiences to optimize each child's
individual development. Gifted/talented is part of the district's commitment to
provide quality services to all students. Visit the Gifted/Talented Information
page to find detailed program explanation.
"The surest path to high
self-esteem is to be successful at something one perceived would be difficult."
Dr. Sylvia Rimm
"Closing the achievement gap by pushing
down the top is like fostering fitness by outlawing marathons"
Helen Schinske
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Top 10 Websites
Click on the "Top 10 Websites". Another resource provided
by Michele Kane, Ed.D.
MAP Test taking strategies:
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Gifted students are used to being the first done
on regular paper-pencil test; with MAP they are usually last; it’s ok to
be last on this, in fact encourage GT students to be the last one
finished
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Gifted students are used to being able to skip a
hard problem and go back over the problem later; with MAP this is not
possible, however the GT student will still carry this question in their
head making it difficult to work on the problem at hand
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Gifted students are not used to being challenged
on tests and when they face hard questions the reaction may be to STOP
or be frustrated
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Students at the high end of MAP testing will NOT
have as large of gains on consecutive tests
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