ADVANCING EDUCATION
​IN OREGON

Conference Sponsors

We would like to thank our Conference Sponsors:

• MHS Assessments
• Webb Psychological Services

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​OATAG ANNOUNCES 2025 EDUCATOR GRANT

OATAG is very pleased to announce recipients of the 2025 Teacher Grants:

• Valerie Reynolds - Ontario School District
• Angela Wendlowsky - Corvallis School District
• Deborah Watts - Lakeview School District

Watch for the upcoming Drummer Newsletter for more inforamtion​ 

Teacher Grant Information

Student Grants

Supporting Growth and Development for Students
Silverton High School freshman Moira MacDonald has been named a recipient of the Oregon Association for Gifted and Talented (OATAG) Student Grant for the 2025-2026 cycle

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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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