Prince William County, Virginia

Gifted Education & Talent Development

Resource services provide advanced and complex content, differentiated classroom instruction, and early talent development.

How services work: Gifted resource teachers provide services with frequency varying by grade, alongside collaboration with classroom teachers.

How students are identified: Year-round referrals and division screening feed a multi-criteria review of tests, academic records, observations, reports, and student work.

Virginia local plans for gifted education

Virginia requires each school division to identify gifted students and provide services through a locally approved comprehensive plan.

Research scope: This record confirms the statewide requirement or framework, not a locally named program. Applicability can differ for charter or special-purpose agencies; confirm the district's current services.

How services work: Division-designed services documented in a comprehensive local plan.

How students are identified: Local procedures use multiple criteria under Virginia regulations.