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    Gifted and talented students’ means children and youth whose superior performance or potential for accomplishment requires a differentiated and challenging education program to meet their needs in any one or more of the following areas:
    (1) general intellectual: students who demonstrate a high aptitude for abstract reasoning and conceptualization, who master skills and concepts quickly, and who are exceptionally alert and observant;
    (2) specific academic: students who evidence extraordinary learning ability in one or more specific disciplines;
    (3) visual and performing arts: students who are consistently superior in the development of a product or performance in any of the visual and performing arts;
    (4) leadership: students who emerge as leaders, and who demonstrate high ability to accomplish group goals by working with and through others;
    (5) creative, critical or productive thinking; students who are highly insightful, imaginative, and innovative, and who consistently assimilate and synthesize seemingly unrelated information to create new and novel solutions for conventional tasks.”
    (Utah Admin. Code § 277-771-1)
  • Number of public school students (2014-2015)
    633,896
  • Number of public school students (2013-2014)
    606,819
  • Number of public school students (2012-2013)
    Unknown
  • Students enrolled in grades K-12 (2011-2012)
    587,745
  • Students enrolled in grades K-12 (2010-2011)
    567,245
  • Students identified as Gifted and Talented (2014-2015)
    Unknown
  • Students identified as Gifted and Talented (2013-2014)
    116,085
  • Students identified as Gifted and Talented (2012-2013)
    Unknown
  • Students identified as Gifted and Talented (2011-2012)
    74,786
  • Students identified as Gifted and Talented (2010-2011)
    Unknown
  • Dollars allocated for Gifted and Talented programming (2014-2015)
    $2.6 Million
  • Dollars allocated for Gifted and Talented programming (2013-2014)
    $2.5 Million
  • Dollars allocated for Gifted and Talented programming (2012-2013)
    $3,979,900
  • Dollars allocated for Gifted and Talented programming (2011-2012)
    $3,979,900
  • Dollars allocated for Gifted and Talented programming (2010-2011)
    $3,979,900
  • Total AP Exams taken (2014-2015)
    39,247
  • Total AP Exams taken (2013-2014)
    36,589
  • Total AP Exams taken (2012-2013)
    35,721
  • Total AP Exams taken (2011-2012)
    33,017
  • Mean Advanced Placement Score (2014-2015)
    3.06
  • Mean Advanced Placement Score (2012-2013)
    3.07
  • Percentage of scores of 3 or above on AP exams (2014-2015)
    67.0%
  • Percentage of scores of 3 or above on AP exams (2013-2014)
    67.2%
  • Percentage of scores of 3 or above on AP exams (2012-2013)
    67.1%
  • Percentage of scores of 3 or above on AP exams (2011-2012)
    68.1%
  • Number of schools offering International Baccalaureate programs (2015-2016)
    13
  • Number of schools offering International Baccalaureate programs (2013-2014)
    8
  • Does the legislation mandate that gifted students be served?
    No
  • Does the state require parent/guardian involvement in gifted and talented identification and service decisions?
    No
  • Does the state require specific criteria/methods to identify gifted students?
    Yes
    Three assessment instruments
  • Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the identification process?
    No
  • Is there legislation that mandates specialized training in gifted education for teachers of gifted students?
    No
  • Is the age or time at which students are identified for gifted programming mandated in your state?
    No
  • Does your state require school districts to have a gifted education administrator?
    No
  • Does the state have an acceleration policy?
    No state policy; up to local education agencies to determine
    Acceleration Institute - State Policy page
  • Does gifted education legislation exist?
    Yes
    Rule R277-711. Educational Programs for Gifted and Talented Students.