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In November of
each year, the State Department of Education
provided testing for students in grade two to
determine their eligibility for Gifted and
Talented Programs. The Iowa Test of Basic
Skills, an achievement test, and The Cognitive
Abilities Test (CogAT), and aptitude test, are
administered. As soon as results are available
in mid-January, parents are notified of their
child’s performance on these tests.
Beginning in grade three, students who meet the
state criteria may be placed in the academically
gifted and talented program. This program is
called "Challenge" in Greenville County. At the
elementary level, Challenge is a pull-out
program.
In third grade, students attend Challenge for at
least 125 minutes each week. Students in grades
four and five attend Challenge for at least 200
minutes per week. Each school receives a
Challenge teacher based upon the number of
qualified students in that school. Students are
taught in classes with a teacher-pupil ratio of
1 to 20 or less.
Learn more about the program by visiting the
district Challenge site.
Visit Kristie Brown's (Ellen Woodside's
Challenge Teacher) web site
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