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Contacts

State Education Agency

Colorado Department of Education

Rebecca McKinney, Ed.D.

Office of Gifted Education

1560 Broadway

Suite 1175

Denver, CO  80202

303-866-6652

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Colorado Association for the Gifted & Talented

Colorado Association for Gifted & Talented

18695 Pony Express Drive Unit 2706

Parker, CO 80134-1611

(303) 520-4887

Coleen Urlik

President

Nanette Jones

Executive Director

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
889,006
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
68,163
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $11,907,091

2013-2014:  $9,600,000

2012-2013:  $9,470,000

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Specific academic areas
Leadership
Performing/Visual Arts
Creatively Gifted
Low SES
Culturally/ ethnically diverse
Disabled Gifted
ESL / ELL
Psychomotor
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
State policy specifically permits
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
Yes
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
No
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
Yes

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