ADVANCING EDUCATION
​IN OREGON

TAG TALK is a virtual series.

• November 4, 2025: 
• Please join us on Tuesday, November 4th at 5:30pm for a panel discussion about the Profoundly Gifted.
• ​This is a no cost event, but registration is required

Information and Registration

Student Grants

Supporting Growth and Development for Students
OATAG is excited to offer scholarships of up to $1,000 to support students who are pursuing enrichment opportunities that encourage personal, academic, or creative growth.  For more information and to apply click link at right

Student Grant Information and Application

Conference Sponsors

We would like to thank our Conference Sponsors:

• MHS Assessments
• Webb Psychological Services

Click for more Information

Good news! OATAG now has a statewide TAG Facebook group. It is set to "public" for a couple of days, so you can all sign in without having to be approved. After that, it will be set to "private."  We have been missing voices from a lot of our beautiful state so once you have joined, let your friends in other districts know about this. We would like to see more discussion than we have been seeing on our email lists but we will still have our email list for OATAG members and our free online email lists: [email protected] (for coordinators); [email protected] (camps and classes) and [email protected] (email news). We will also continue [email protected] for Portland TAG parents who don't want to join Facebook.

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​OATAG ANNOUNCES 2025 EDUCATOR GRANT

OATAG is very pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2025-2026 School Year. Click  on button to learn more

Teacher Grant Information

OATAG

• ​Advocates for the needs of talented and gifted children
• Serves as a resource for families, educators, and communities
• Provides direction for excellence in education

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​​Do you know a child who demonstrates these characteristics?

• Has advanced oral and/or written language skills; expressive language?
• Makes unique connections; understands systems; see the "big picture"?
• Ask many questions; seek in-depth information?
• Is resourceful at finding unique solutions?
• Exhibits keen powers of observation; is highly sensitive and insightful?
• Has broad, intense, varied and sustained interests, sometimes simultaneously; transfers learning to new situations?
• Exhibits an early moral concern; is empathetic?
• Is nonconforming; risk-taking; independent?
• Makes non-traditional responses and/or products​?

Then you may know a child who is Talented & Gifted!

​​What does it mean to be identified as TAG?

Purpose:   TAG serves students who, when compared with others of their age/grade level, require learning experiences beyond the standard curriculum. TAG programs seek to provide an educational experience at the student's rate and level of learning.

Referral:   Students may be referred for TAG identification and testing by a teacher, parent, or they may refer themselves. In addition, they may be automatically identified through standardized state test scores.

Identification:   Oregon students qualify for TAG when they are in the top 3% on any nationally normed test of achievement or aptitude and there is additional evidence suggesting high ability. A committee in each building identifies students for TAG. Parents have a right to appeal this decision.

Programs and Services:   The curriculum and instruction provided to identified TAG students must address their accelerated rate of learning and their advanced level of learning as determined by assessments.​

Need More Info? Go To TAG Basics

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