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Wisconsin law defines “gifted and talented pupils” and requires each school board to ensure that all identified students have access to a program for gifted and talented pupils. The state superintendent establishes the identification guidelines by rule.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) maintains the statewide hub for Gifted & Talented, summarizing the legal framework and supports for districts and families.

Cultivating Talent Across the Badger State

Administrative Rule PI 8.01(2)(t) requires districts to identify gifted and talented pupils K–12 across five areas (general intellectual, specific academic, creativity, leadership, visual/performing arts) using multiple measures and to develop a pupil profile (quantitative and qualitative evidence).

DPI’s toolkit emphasizes that effective gifted programming should be in place of—not in addition to—regular classroom work, ensuring learning that truly extends beyond the core.

Renzulli Learning supports this mission 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 inform programming after identification; districts continue to follow Wisconsin’s criteria and processes).

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

• Scaling equitable access with a web-based platform districts can implement consistently statewide.

Turning Wisconsin’s Vision into Practice

Renzulli Learning helps districts put Wis. Stat. §118.35 and PI 8.01(2)(t) into daily practice by:

• Adding multiple, strength-based insights (interests, creativity, learning styles, executive function, leadership) alongside local identification evidence and pupil profiles.

• Delivering differentiated & enriched learning—thousands of curated resources and Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)-style projects that extend depth, complexity, and creativity beyond the regular program, and where appropriate, in place of regular activities.

• Streamlining documentation & communication with exportable plans, activity logs, and progress artifacts that align to board-approved plans and program oversight.