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Contacts

State Education Agency

Arkansas Dept. of Education

Krystal Nail

Director of Gifted & Talented and Advanced Placement

Four Capitol Mall, Slot 28

Little Rock, AR  72201

501-682-4224

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Arkansans for Gifted & Talented Education

Jill Clogston

President

 

 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
476,083
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
45,158
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $35,986,289

2013-2014:  $39,635,279

2012-2013:  $34,616,433

 

 

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Creatively Gifted
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 does not permit
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
State policy leaves LEA to determine
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? 
Yes
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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