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New Mexico recognizes gifted students in rule and requires schools to provide special education services tailored to their needs—delivered and monitored through a Gifted Individualized Education Program (GIEP). The governing rule (6.31.2 NMAC – Children with Disabilities/Gifted Children) defines key terms and sets expectations for evaluation, eligibility, services, and procedural safeguards.

The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) supports districts with an official Gifted Education hub and a detailed Gifted Technical Assistance Manual (TAM) that translates requirements into implementation guidance for identification, services, and program quality.

Cultivating Talent Across the Land of Enchantment

New Mexico’s framework asks districts to use comprehensive evaluations and multiple data sources to determine eligibility, then to document services and goals in each learner’s GIEP. The state also offers a Gifted Education endorsement for educators to strengthen program capacity statewide.

Renzulli Learning supports this mission by:

• Developing a holistic view of each learner with the Renzulli Profiler, Learning Styles Inventory, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, and creativity insights via the Cebeci Test of Creativity (used to inform programming after identification; districts continue to apply New Mexico’s evaluation and eligibility criteria).

• Supporting student-driven learning strategies that align enrichment to each student’s interests, strengths, and readiness.

• Expanding equitable access with a web-based platform districts can implement consistently across schools and grade bands.

Turning New Mexico’s Vision into Practice

Renzulli Learning helps teams put 6.31.2 NMAC and NMPED guidance into everyday practice by:

• Complementing eligibility and GIEP planning with multiple, strength-based insights (interests, creativity, learning styles, executive function, leadership).

• Delivering differentiated & enriched learning through thousands of interest-based resources and Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)-style projects that extend depth, complexity, and creativity beyond the regular program.

• Streamlining documentation & communication—plans, activity logs, and progress artifacts that make it easier to build, monitor, and review GIEPs in line with state expectations.