Identifying Gifted and Talented Students
The district’s identification procedures are equitable, comprehensive and ongoing. Formal identification for GATE begins in 4th grade. This assessment for GATE will be scheduled at least once each school year. Nominations may come from teachers, parents or others who know the student. Once students are nominated, a combination of multi-measures must be used to identify students as gifted and talented:
Standardized test scores
Checklists of Indicators of Giftedness
Multiple Intelligences Checklist
Teacher judgment, including class work and grades
A non-reading test of cognitive processing skills (the Ravens Progressive Matrices),
Individual Test scores
Out of district data