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Gifted Education
Welcome to the Gifted Education-Challenge Department
What is Challenge?
Challenge is the program of Gifted Education for gifted students in Rockingham County Public Schools. It serves students identified as having significantly high intellectual ability and provides accelerated learning experiences and enrichment opportunities which stimulate achievement and intellect.
The Identification Process
Students are referred for evaluation by teachers, principals, parents, or themselves. All teachers in the division through grade eight screen their students, creating a pool for potential evaluation. The Challenge teacher in each school coordinates the evaluation for referred students, administering a variety of assessment tools, including the Otis-Lennon and the Naglieri Ability Tests.A committee of teachers, including Challenge teachers, evaluates these results in addition to with school records to determine gifted identification.