Gifted & Talented

It is the goal of  DPS  to provide all of our students with appropriate academic services. When there is a disagreement on matters pertaining to the identification, evaluation and eligibility for gifted services the appeals process may be initiated.

Appeals based on one of the following criteria may be submitted to the Gifted and Talented Department:

• Additional information about my child which may include, but is not limited to, newly obtained district assessment data, parent examples of advanced abilities, etc. Please note: Private testing will not be considered as a reason for appeal.
• A condition or circumstance believed to have caused a misinterpretation of the testing results.
• An extraordinary circumstance occurred during the testing period that may negatively affect the validity of the test results such as a death in the family or extreme physical ailment.
• The suspicion of an error in the administration of the assessment.  For example: The designated proctor did not follow assessment prescribed protocols.  Testing day or time of assessment within the school day are not considered to be errors in administration.

Click here to submit the form to appeal your child’s score.
Note: Appeals will only be accepted within a 30 day window from when scores are received. The form is currently closed from the spring testing session. 

Appeals for fall 2022 testing will be accepted starting October 13, 2022. The form for fall testing will close on January 24, 2023.

If you have any supporting additional data that would be helpful to the Appeal Review Team (e.g. district testing data, outside testing data, observation scales, personal observations of the child’s advanced abilities/thinking), you will be able to upload this to the form. Please note that this upload requires a gmail account. If you do not have a gmail account, please email the files to giftedandtalented@dpsk12.org and in the subject line, please list as Test Results Appeal and Your Child’s Name.

The Gifted and Talented Department’s Appeal Team will notify you of receipt of the appeal. Appeals will be addressed on a weekly basis. Additionally, extra testing considerations may be unavailable or delayed.

All appeals will go before the Appeal Review Team, and you will be notified of the decision by email. The team may contact you for additional information if necessary.  The decision of the Appeal Review Team is final.

Are you a parent/guardian of a newly magnet eligible student?
Are you looking for information about what magnet eligibility means?
Are you interested in knowing more about magnet programming and School Choice?

Watch this Magnet Eligibility Informational video to answer these questions and more!

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