The DeKalb County School District is making changes to how students are identified for its gifted program in an effort to better reflect the diversity of its student population.
Black and Hispanic students make up the majority of DeKalb’s enrollment, but district leaders say both groups have historically been underrepresented in gifted classes.
Dr. Norman Sauce, DeKalb’s deputy superintendent for student support and interventions, said the district lowered the qualifying threshold on an initial test from the 90th percentile to allow more students to advance to additional screening…