•  Elementary Gifted and Talented Programs
    Identification Timeline and Opportunities

     

    South Carolina’s gifted and talented programs are established and guided by state .  More information can be found on the . 

    All students enrolled in a South Carolina public school participate in universal gifted and talented (GT) screening in Grade 2 via the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) and Iowa Assessment (IA).  Both assessments are used to provide initial data for GT qualification; students will have additional opportunities to qualify for GT service. Students must meet criteria in two of three dimension areas to qualify for gifted services. Please refer to the chart below to view testing opportunities for students enrolled in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

     

    ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Annual Opportunities to Qualify for Gifted and Talented Services

     

     

    Dimension A Aptitude 

    Dimension B Achievement

    Dimension C Performance

    Grade 2

    CogAT
    (October - all students)

    Iowa

    (October - all students)

    MAP

    (September and December- all students)

    SC Performance Tasks
    (February - partially qualified students)

    Grades 3-5

    CogAT
    (October - students new to the district without prior Aptitude Assessment)

    MAP
    (September and December - all students)


    SC Ready

    (May - all students)

    SC Performance Tasks
    (February - partially qualified students)



    Gifted and Talented Identification Assessments

    CogAT - measures learned reasoning abilities in the areas of Verbal Reasoning Ability (problem solving with the use of words), Nonverbal Reasoning Ability (problem solving without the use of words), and Quantitative Reasoning Ability (reasoning within mathematical problems). Results are nationally-normed.  More information is available at

     

    Iowa Assessments (IA) -  measures specific subject area content skills of reading comprehension and mathematical problem solving.  Results are nationally normed. 

    NWEA MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) - measures what students know in reading and math, regardless of their grade level.  Results are nationally normed.  More information is available at

    SC READY  - annual statewide testing that assesses English/Language  Arts (ELA) and mathematics. This assessment is aligned to SC state standards and results are state normed.  More information is available at