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Utah defines gifted and talented students as K–8 learners identified by their LEA as significantly above typical peers in general intellectual ability, specific academic fields (language arts, mathematics, science), or creative thinking. Services provide extended or accelerated opportunities so students grow at the highest possible level.

Utah funds gifted services through the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program in statute (Utah Code §53F-2-408) and implementing rule R277-707; since 2020, early-college programs are funded separately from gifted/talented.

Renzulli Learning aligns with this framework by helping schools surface student strengths, deliver authentic enrichment beyond the regular program, and document services consistent with Utah’s rule and funding expectations.

Cultivating Talent Across the Beehive State

USBE describes gifted/talented services as opportunities with increased depth, complexity, and rigor—delivered locally through options such as differentiation, pull-out programming, advanced classes, varied grouping, enrichment, acceleration, magnet programs, and academic competitions. LEAs determine service models.

Renzulli Learning supports this vision by:

• Developing a holistic picture of each learner with the Renzulli Profiler, Learning Styles Inventory, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, and creativity insights via the Cebeci Test of Creativity (to support programming after identification; LEAs continue to apply Utah’s criteria and processes).

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

• Expanding equitable access with a web-based platform districts and charters can implement consistently statewide.

Turning Utah’s Vision into Practice

Renzulli Learning helps teams put R277-707 and §53F-2-408 into daily practice by:

• Adding multiple, strength-based insights (interests, creativity, learning styles, executive function, leadership) alongside LEA identification evidence and placement decisions.

• Delivering differentiated & enriched learning through thousands of curated 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 help LEAs show how state funds support gifted services and growth for identified students.

• Supporting educator capacity in line with the USBE Gifted & Talented endorsement competencies.