ILLINOIS
State Superintendent
Dr. TONY SANDERS
Address
100 N. 1ST STREET
SPRINGFIELD IL 62777
(866) 262-6663
Advanced Academic Programs:
The number and percentage of students at this location who have been identified as gifted in accordance with the district’s gifted assessment and academic policy and were taught by a Gifted Endorsed Teacher, allowing the totals to be broken down by subject, grade level, and/or other demographic and programmatic factors. Learn More
The current guidelines within which Gifted education programs operate was established with reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1988 and passage of the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
At the federal level, the program supports “evidence-based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs."
Within Illinois, school districts define both the criteria for “giftedness” and the assessments used to measure it, and self-report data on their programs of gifted education.