Does my child have to be identified as TAG (Talented and Gifted) to take Education Soaring classes?
No. Education Soaring students do not have to be identified as gifted for a variety of reasons. Many schools do not identify children for gifted and talented programs until the third grade. Some children have dual exceptionalities that prevent them from being identified as gifted. Lower scores in one area of a test can cancel out higher scores in another resulting in a nongifted full-scale score. Some children cannot be accurately tested due to the fact that they are English language learners. And many homeschooled children are never formally tested for giftedness.
