Tribunal orders school board to identify student as gifted, rejecting strict reliance on IQ cut-off scores.
The parents of a minor child appealed the school board's decision not to identify the child as an exceptional pupil (gifted).
The school board relied on a strict criterion requiring an IQ score of 130 or above on a psychological assessment, which the child did not meet in the most recent test, despite previous assessments and other indicators showing very superior intellectual ability.
The Special Education Tribunal granted the appeal, rejecting the board's reliance on a single IQ cut-off score.
The Tribunal found that a multi-faceted approach to identification is required and ordered the board to identify the student as gifted and place the student in a gifted secondary school program.
OSETOntario Special Education (English) TribunalSep 24, 2001
