Talented and Gifted Education is “needs-based” instructional programming for which a student should be identified to receive services. The information provided here is designed to support educators and parents to define the need for services and to support TAG identified students in their learning needs.
New Policies and Practices for TAG - 2022/2023 School Year
The State Board of Education adopted the amended rules for OAR 581-022-2500 on Juanuary 20, 2022. The rules enhance communication between districts and their community as well as to the Department. Notable changes in 581-022-2500 include:
- District-level TAG plans now need to be posted on the district's website, and available upon request by any school within the district
- Districts shall report their designated TAG coordinator's contact information to the Department annually (recommended deadline - November 1st of each year)
- Districts shall post and update their designated TAG coordinator's contact information on the district website annually (recommended deadline - September 30th of each year)
- Families and TAG identified students have the right to discuss the programs and services available to the student and provide input on the programs and services received
A newly designed district-level TAG template will be published and shared by the Department in September 2022. Updated district-level TAG plans shall be submitted to the Department no later than May 1, 2023.
Oregon State Assessment System (OSAS) Percentile Tables
ODE will not be publishing percentile tables for the 2021-2022 school year.
Previously, OSAS percentile scores have been an integral data point in the TAG eligibility process, specifically, for the identification of academic talent in reading and mathematics. Moving forward, it is recommended that if OSAS scores are used in the eligibility process, districts engage in using local norms (comparing OSAS scores of peers within district and building levels, rather than the entire state) to better align the services offered by each district to the specific talent of students within each unique community. Many districts have already transitioned to using local norms and away from state norms over the last five years. If you have any questions regarding local norms, please do not hesitate to contact Angela Allen.
Oregon Statewide TAG Coordinators
Statewide School District TAG Coordinator Contact List Entries highlighted in yellow need to be updated by the district. The deadline to submit updated TAG information this year is November 1, 2022. Please use the contact list form below to submit new or updated contact information.
TAG State School District Contact List form This form is to be completed by new educators who would like to be added to the list or to be used by administrators to request a change to current information. Please indicate which name should be replaced in the notes section.