Forsyth County Schools Gifted Program Eligibility Criteria Evaluation Procedures In compliance with Georgia Department of Education Rule 160-4-2.38, evaluation data for all students referred is gathered in four areas, and Mental Ability, Achievement, Creativity, To ensure equal access to gifted education services, evaluation measures for all Motivation. students* are as follows: Mental Ability - Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Achievement - grades K-8) Test of Basic Skills (ITBS, grades 9-12) Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED, Creativity - (GIFT, grades K 3,) Group Inventory for Finding creative Talent – (TTCT, grades 4-12) Torrance Test of Creative Thinking Motivation - (GES-2, grades K-3) Hawthorne Gifted Evaluation Scale grades 4-5) Motivation Inventory (CAIMI, Children’s Academic Intrinsic Grade Point Average (GPA, >Top 10%, grades 6-12) Additional follow-up evaluation may be requested by eligibility teams based on special circumstances and/or specific individual need as indicated by the initial evaluation results. Option A: Student meets the eligible composite scores for both mental ability and achievement. Data is still collected on each student in the areas of motivation and creativity. Mental Ability Achievement : 99th percentile on composite or percentile, by age or grade, on total K- 2nd K-12: ≥90th full scale score of a standardized test of reading, total math or total battery score of a mental ability (CogAT) standardized achievement test percentile on composite (ITBS or ITED) 3rd -12th: ≥96th or full scale score of a standardized test of mental ability (CogAT) Option B must meet criteria in three of the four areas; mental –Student ability, achievement, creativity, or motivation to qualify. Mental Ability Achievement Creativity Motivation by percentile on percentile on percentile on a ≥96th percentile, ≥90th ≥90th ≥90th age, on a composite total reading, total the total battery of a standardized or full scale score or math or total battery standardized test of characteristics rating appropriate score of a creativity score (motivational) component score of a standardized (K-12, TTCT) (K-3, GES-2) standardized test of achievement test (4-5, CAIMI) mental ability. (ITBS) (6-12, GPA, top 10%, (CogAT) currently >3.75 in FCS)
Forsyth County Schools Gifted Program Eligibility Criteria Evaluation Procedures In compliance with Georgia Department of Education Rule 160-4-2.38, evaluation data for all students referred is gathered in four areas, Mental Ability, Achievement, Creativity, and Motivation. To ensure equal access to gifted education services, evaluation measures for all students* are as follows: Mental Ability - Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Achievement - Test of Basic Skills (ITBS, grades K-8) Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED, grades 9-12) Creativity - Group Inventory for Finding creative Talent (GIFT, grades K – 3,) Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT, grades 4-12) Motivation - Hawthorne Gifted Evaluation Scale (GES-2, grades K-3) Children’s Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (CAIMI, grades 4-5) Grade Point Average (GPA, >Top 10%, grades 6-12) Additional follow-up evaluation may be requested by eligibility teams based on special circumstances and/or specific individual need as indicated by the initial evaluation results. Option A: Student meets the eligible composite scores for both mental ability and achievement. Data is still collected on each student in the areas of motivation and creativity. Mental Ability Achievement K- 2nd : 99th percentile on composite or full scale score of a standardized test of mental ability (CogAT) 3rd -12th: ≥96th percentile on composite or full scale score of a standardized test of mental ability (CogAT) K-12: ≥90th percentile, by age or grade, on total reading, total math or total battery score of a standardized achievement test (ITBS or ITED) Option B –Student must meet criteria in three of the four areas; mental ability, achievement, creativity, or motivation to qualify. Mental Ability Achievement Creativity Motivation ≥96th percentile, by age, on a composite or full scale score or appropriate component score of a standardized test of mental ability. (CogAT) ≥90th percentile on total reading, total math or total battery score of a standardized achievement test (ITBS) ≥90th percentile on the total battery of a standardized test of creativity (K-12, TTCT) ≥90th percentile on a standardized characteristics rating score (motivational) (K-3, GES-2) (4-5, CAIMI) (6-12, GPA, top 10%, currently >3.75 in FCS)