These results may, in part, be a result of the expertise of the director of the Gifted and Talented and Bilingual Education programs in assessing the abilities of bilingual students. Teachers complete a rating scale on nominated students called the Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students.
Parents complete a rating scale which varies depending on the age of the student.
Students' grade-point average and a student product or interview are used as well. The district uses cutoff scores for each measure to determine whether a student meets a particular criterion. According to the district, this increase was due in part to a misunderstanding concerning its identification procedures. There are two problems with over identifying students for gifted programs. Second, students identified may not be gifted.