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Contacts

State Education Agency

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Mark Schwingle, Ph.D.

Education Consultant - Gifted/Talented, AP, and IB

125 S. Webster St.

Madison, WI  53703

608-267-9273

 

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Wisconsin Association for Talented & Gifted

6703 Morgan Creek Dr.

Wausau WI 54401

watg@watg.org

 

Roxane Hagedorn
Executive Director

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
871,192
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
Not collected
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $0

2013-2014:  $0

2012-2013:  $0

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
Other
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? 
No state policy, up to LEA to determine
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? 
No
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? 
No

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