AIG Parent Presentation

Apex Friendship MS

Kelley Walker

2025-2026 School Year

AIG All Day, Every Day

Article 9B,

Academically or Intellectually Gifted Students

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• [N.C.G.S. § 115C-150.5-.8 (Article 9B)]. requires local education agencies (LEA) to develop three year AIG local plans with specific components, to be approved by local school boards and subsequently sent to the State Board of Education.

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• Article 9B is the current legislation mandating identification and services for gifted education K-12.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Our Goal

AIG Program

Nomination Process

DEPs

Service Options

Talent Development

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Identification Process

SBCGE Team

Testing and Portfolios

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DATA: Our Why

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According to 2021-2022 district data, 23,401 students are currently identified as gifted:

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4,664 elementary students

7,931 middle school students

10,806 high school students

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Who we serve (2025/26):

ELA Identified

Math Identified

ELA and Math Identified

Talent Development

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401

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713 AIG Students

6th Grade: 235

7th Grade: 245

8th Grade: 233

AIG, AG, IG Identification

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Data Search

Evaluation

Nomination

SBCGE Meets

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SBCGE Meets

How Does AIG Identification Work?

A student can be nominated at any time during the year.

School Based Committee for Gifted Education meets to review and discuss data for nominated students. Makes the decision whether there is enough data to refer for the AIG program or not.

Referred students will be tested and/or reviewed for portfolio identification.

AIG Teacher gathers data to support AIG identification for each student nominated.

School Based Committee for Gifted Education meets to discuss final data for referred students. The team makes the decision whether there is enough data to identify the student or place the student in Talent Development until there is enough data for identification.

Grades 4-8 Identification

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• Students in grades 4-8 may be nominated for gifted programming at any point in the year
• When a student is nominated, data will be collected by the SBCGE to determine if a referral/testing is appropriate
• A student may be evaluated using the CogAT and Iowa during the Fall and Spring testing windows
• Students may also be identified through the portfolio process which utilizes multiple data points for identification
• CogAT and Iowa Testing will take place (late October and Beginning of February)
• Individually administered tests and other alternative measures (i.e., nonverbal assessments) may be given if appropriate

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Gifted Identification Opportunities

WCPSS believes that students should be given multiple opportunities to demonstrate their gifts and talents. Each student is unique and, therefore, the assessment process should be dynamic to accurately evaluate giftedness.

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To achieve this dynamic assessment process, students may be identified through the following opportunities:

• Test scores (ability and achievement measures)
• School-wide universal screening measures in reading and math
• Classroom work samples
• Teacher input/observations
• Parent/Guardian input and observations
• Gifted rating scales
• ACCESS data for multilingual students
• Data from IEPs, psychoeducational evaluations, and progress monitoring

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Identification Opportunities:

Test Score Criteria

Academically Gifted (AG)

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95th percentile on an achievement measure for either reading (AG R) and/or math (AG M)

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Intellectually Gifted (IG)

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95th percentile on an ability measure

• Verbal score for IG Reading
• Quantitative or Nonverbal score for IG Math

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Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG)

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Meets criteria for both AG and IG in either reading and/or math

Nomination

Referred Students

Talent Development

No student can be nominated for Talent Development. They must have enough data to be referred for an evaluation for AIG identification.

Talent Development students are defined as being high performing students that show potential for AIG identification. However, they do not qualify for the AIG program yet. Student data is reviewed three times a year for potential gifted identification.

AIG, AG, IG, and TD Services

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AIG Service Delivery

• Students identified as AIG, AG, IG, and TD receive differentiated services at all Wake County Public Schools.
• Each school develops their AIG Plan outlining service delivery.
• Schools choose from a variety of service options.

4-12 AIG, AG, IG and TD Services

• Differentiated Instructional Units

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• In-Class Flexible Grouping

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• Cluster Grouping

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• Pull Out Services

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• Push In Services

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• Students will work on differentiated activities at least once each quarter

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High School Students self-select

advanced courses.

DEP and Instruction

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What is a DEP?

Differentiated Education Plan

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The DEP or Differentiated Education Plan outlines how differentiated educational services are extended and enrich the North Carolina State Standards. Students are offered instructional and curriculum modifications that promote student engagement through challenging cognitive tasks designed to integrate and develop critical and creative thinking skills in the student’s identified area(s) of giftedness.

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Sent home with Quarter One Report Card

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THANKS!

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Do you have any questions?

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kawalker@wcpss.net

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• WCPSS website
• AIG Program Brochure
• AIG Family Guide

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School AIG Website

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https://tinyurl.com/afmsAIG

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