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Identification and selection of students of G.E.M.S. program must be determined through a comprehensive process consisting of three steps:  nomination, screening and selection.  Nomination involves the completion of the appropriate forms.  screening is the process designed to identify students for the program.  Selection is the acceptance of those students who meet the criteria for the program.

Identification must be conducted be a committee and through the use of multiple and specific criteria that include both quantitative and qualitative measures.  No single measure can be the determining factor for acceptance or denial of entry into the program.  In the identification process, consideration shall be given to the following groups who may otherwise be overlooked:

• racial, ethnic, or minority groups
• Culturally different or economically disadvantaged students.
• Handicapped students.
• Students who display various types of classroom behavior such as disruptiveness, extreme shyness, high energy level, continuous question, intense anxiety, destructive movements, and short interest span.
• Student who experience sex bias an stereotyping.
• Underachieving gifted whose performance in learning situation mask their potential.

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