The Ofsted report is called National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth: summer schools 2004.
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He said the group was considering whether to investigate the city's gifted and talented admissions.
At the time of her murder, Mrs Ege's family said she was a gifted and talented teacher.
It argues that the government's umbrella term of "gifted and talented" is misleading.
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For years, private schools have required deposits months before the city releases admissions decisions for its Gifted and Talented elementary-school program.
It was a tragic loss of a gifted and talented human life.
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Enrollment in the gifted and talented program is a coveted prize, providing advanced classes for the select group of children who qualify.
"Let's be clear: Just because they don't qualify for gifted and talented, doesn't mean they're not getting a high-quality education, " Mr. Walcott said.
Gifted and talented refer to the top 5-10% in academic and non-academic pursuits respectively, who are to be encouraged in their gifts and talents.
"I think similar principles apply in the gifted and talented process, " said Damon Hewitt, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's education practice.
Some education experts cautioned that the rising numbers could simply mean parents are casting a wider net as competition intensifies for spots in gifted and talented programs.
Renzulli, who is also director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, warns parents that there is no such thing as the perfect identification system.
"For the first couple of years we did it, we offered it as a chance for Gifted and Talented pupils to get involved, " said Ms Ohlsson Jones, who also teaches drama.
The IoE report recommends more emphasis on ensuring that "high achieving school-children in England manage to keep pace with the highest achieving pupils in secondary school via, for instance gifted and talented schemes".
The shift marks the latest attempt by city officials to address a seemingly intractable problem: How to create equity in the admissions process for its gifted and talented program, which begins in kindergarten and goes through third grade.
The new report is due to be carried out over the coming months by Ofsted inspectors visiting a sample of more than 50 secondary schools, looking at statistics on gifted and talented provision and pupil progression, according to Sir Michael.
The number of students applying for the coveted spots has skyrocketed: Last year, nearly 5, 000 children qualified for a spot in a gifted and talented kindergarten program by scoring in the 90th percentile or above, more than double the total four years ago.
"Our new admission process will increase equity and access to Gifted and Talented Programs by ensuring there is a common measurement of giftedness and enabling families to apply to programs outside of their district, " said a spokeswoman for the Department of Education in an emailed statement.
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This year, the odds of winning a space in a public gifted and talented kindergarten program were steeper than ever: The number of preschoolers testing in the 97% percentile and above soared by 47%, leaving more than 2, 600 children qualifying for about 400 spots in the city's five citywide kindergarten programs.
My son's day care started sending home gifted-and-talented homework at the age of 2.
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The dispute illustrates the fervor that often surrounds the city's gifted-and-talented programs and comes amid a particularly bumpy year for admissions at the elementary-school level.
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Thousands of students were incorrectly told they weren't eligible for the city's gifted-and-talented public-school program due to errors by the testing company, city officials said Friday.
Brooklyn School of Inquiry is one of five highly competitive gifted-and-talented programs that accepts the highest-scoring students from across the city based on results from two tests.
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Mr. Weiner, whose mother was a public schoolteacher, repeated ideas he has laid out over the last week: use gifted-and-talented programs to attract students to poor-performing schools, and treat teachers better.
Slightly easier is getting into each district's gifted-and-talented program.
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No, it isn't adding more gifted-and-talented seats.
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There are five citywide gifted-and-talented schools.
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William was described as "a talented teenager, a gifted footballer and musician".
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