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special academic aptitude and outstanding ability in visual and performing arts. Such definition shall include those pupils who require educational programs or services beyond those normally provided by the regular school program in order to realize their full potential." || New York does not require schools to have gifted education programs but the policy for testing is as follows: Students starting public school in New York for the first time must be screened to see if they are gifted. For most students this happens in kindergarten, but it can happen at any age forstudents coming from a private or out of state school. · For students entering school in the fall, the screening must take place by December 1. For students entering later in the year, the screening must take place within 15 days of entry. · The screening must have a section that tests language development and must be given in a student’s first language. · If the student is found to possibly be gifted, the superintendent and the parents or guardian must be told. In order for a student to participate in a gifted program a referral for further testing must come from a parent, teacher, or administrator and the parent or guardian must give permission. || http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Advocacy/State% 20definitions%20(8-24-10).pdf http://www.nyspirc.org/pdf/Gifted%20Students%20-%20fact%20sheet.pdf || The local education agency's (LEA) student identification procedures for AIG (Academically or Intellectually Gifted)are clear, equitable, and comprehensive and lead towards appropriate educational services. PRACTICES a) Articulates and disseminates clear, comprehensive, and equitable screening, referral, and identification processes for all grade levels to school personnel, parents/families, students, and the community-at-large. b) Employs multiple criteria for student identification, including measures that reveal student aptitude, student achievement, or potential to achieve in order to develop a comprehensive profile for each student. c) Administers both non-traditional and traditional standardized measures that are based on current theory and research. d) Initiates screening, referral, and identification procedures that respond to traditionally under-represented populations of the gifted and are responsive to LEA demographics. These populations include students who are culturally/ ethnically diverse, economically disadvantaged, English language learners, highly gifted, and twice-exceptional. e) Ensures consistency in implementation of screening, referral, and identification processes within the LEA. f) Establishes written policies that safeguard the rights of AIG students and their parents/families, including informed consent regarding identification and placement, reassessment procedures, transfers from other LEAs, and procedures for resolving disagreements. g) Maintains documentation that explains the identification process and service options for individual AIG students, which is reviewed annually with parents/families || []Carolina [] || "Ohio's school districts are not required to serve gifted children by law, but they are required to identify students as gifted in grades K - 12. In 1999, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation that updated the process for identifiying Ohio's gifted students. The Law or Ohio Revised Code specifies, in general terms, how gifted students are to be identified, and how they may be served. The Rule or Ohio Administrative Code provides the specifics that must be followed in identification. The Rule also provides specifics on how districts may serve gifted children and how state funded gifted units (coordinators and gifted intervention specialists) may be utilized. Ohio districts must comply with both the Law and the Rule." "(C) Identification   (1) Definition   The board of education of each district shall identify gifted students enrolled in that district in grades kindergarten through twelve as follows:   (a) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "superior cognitive ability" if the child did either of the following within the preceding twenty-four months:  * (i) Scored two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved individual standardized intelligence test administered by a licensed or certified school psychologist or licensed psychologist; or // (a) // Scored at least two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved standardized group intelligence test; // (b) // Performed at or above the ninety-fifth percentile on an approved individual or group standardized basic or composite battery of a nationally normed achievement test or; // (c) // Attained an approved score on one or more above grade-level standardized, nationally normed approved tests. (b) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "specific academic ability" superior to that of children of similar age in a specific academic ability field, if, within the preceding twenty-four months the child performs at or above the ninety-fifth percentile at the national level on an approved individual or group standardized achievement test of specific academic ability in that field. A child may be identified as gifted in more than one specific academic ability field. (c) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "creative thinking ability" superior to children of a similar age, if within the previous twenty-four months, the child scored one standard deviation above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved individual or group intelligence test and also did either of the following: * (i) Attained a sufficient score, as established by the department of education, on an approved individual or group test of creative ability; or  || http://www.oagc.com ||
 * State || Name || Theoretical........................................................... || Operational.................................................................................................................... |||| Source(s ) ||
 * New Mexico ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * New York || Danielle O'Conner || Chapter 740 of the Laws of 1982 defines gifted pupils a "pupils who show evidence of highperformances capability and exceptional potential in area such as general intellectual ability,
 * North Carolina || Laura Osborne || Academically or Intellectually gifted children exhibit high performance capability in intellectual areas, specific academic fields, or in both intellectual areas and specific academic fields. Academically or Intellectually gifted students require differentiated educational services beyond those ordinarily provided by the regular educational program. Outstanding abilities are present in students from all cultural groups across all economic strata and all areas of human endeavor. ( NC General Statutes, Chapter 115C Elementary and Secondary Education, Article 9B § 115C-150.5) || A state mandate for identification and programming exists in gifted education.
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 * Ohio || Terri Thornton || "(A) Definitions   (1) "Gifted" means students who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment and who are identified under division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 3324.03 of the Revised Code.   (2) "School district" does not include a joint vocational school district.   (3) "Specific academic ability field" means one or more of the following areas of instruction:   (a) Mathematics;   (b) Science;   (c) Reading, writing, or a combination of these skills; and/or   (d) Social studies.   (4) "Trained individual" means a person who by training or experience is qualified to perform the prescribed activity, e.g., educator, private teacher, higher education faculty member, working professional in the field of visual or performing arts or a person trained to administer assessments/checklists to identify gifted ability in creative, visual or performing arts.   (5) "Visual or performing arts ability" means ability in areas such as drawing, painting, sculpting, music, dance __and__ drama."  || **I thought this was interesting...**
 * (ii) Accomplished any one of the following:
 * (ii) Exhibited sufficient performance, as established by the department of education, on an approved checklist by a trained individual of creative behaviors.
 * (d) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "visual or performing arts ability" superior to that of children of similar age if the child has done both of the following:
 * (i) Demonstrated to a trained individual through a display of work, an audition, or other performance or exhibition, superior ability in a visual or performing arts area; and
 * (ii) Exhibited to a trained individual sufficient performance, as established by the department of education, on an approved checklist of behaviors related to a specific arts area."