Continuation Criteria

In compliance with Board Policy IDDD and Georgia Rule 160-4-3-.38, Cobb County School District has established criteria for continuation of gifted eduacation services. Gifted continuation is dependent on satisfactory student performance in both core academics and the Target Program.

The following continuation criteria represent minimum requirements for students to continue to receive services:

1. The student must maintain acceptable progress, defined as:

• E and/or G in grades K-3 in the core subjects of reading, English, and mathematics, S and/or O in science and social studies.
• a minimum average of 80 in grades 4-5 in the core subjects of reading, English, mathematics, science, and social studies.

2. The student must meet a minimum of 14 out of 20 assessment indicators on the Target Progress report.

The academic performance of each gifted student is reviewed following every reporting period to determine eligibility for continued placement. A student who does not maintian satisfactory performance during any grading period will be placed on probation. The probationary period remains for the duration of the school year. The parent(s) will be invited to attend a conference to review student performance and develop an intervention plan.

A student on probation will continue to receive gifted services. If continuation criteria are not met at the end of any subsequent grading period during the school year, the student will be ineligible for gifted services. After an eighteen-week ineligibility probation period, the parent(s) or teacher may request program re-entry by completing the gifted re-entry form, available from the local school.

An exception to this policy is if during the probation period a student makes exceptional progress but the grade is still not as high as it needs to be, a meeting will be held to decide if the child can remain on probation for another nine weeks so he/she can have the opportunity to continue raising the grade.