What progress have you made since your last update?
The beta version of our comprehensive gifted and talented regulations map is finally finished, and it will be featured on our new website that we will be launching later this month. We captured over 900 state regulations covering gifted identification funding, student identification, accountability, and governance.
The pre-website-relaunch version of the tool can be found here (website is a work in progress at the moment): https://educationprogress.net/tools/gt-regs.
What are your next steps?
After finalizing our website launch, we have several other tools we want to refine and get into an MVP or beta-launch state. Things like gifted and talented/acceleration enrollment trends, a state proficiency and standardized tests "standards tracker", and one or two additional prototype research tools are all being put together, though we do not currently have firm release dates for those yet.
Is there anything others could help you with?
Beyond accelerating the development of future tools we want to incorporate into our website, additional funds will allow for better, more frequent website updates and improvements, and also help us develop better systems for keeping track of 50 state regulatory regimes.