Our district is pretty tough as well. To qualify for testing for gifted program, kids need to be at 95th percentile in reading and math on fall MAP. They then take the wonderful CoGat. They must score in the 95th percentile. testing is in 2nd grade for services in 3rd. For our magnet (school within a school self contained classrooms), the child needs to score in the 98th percentile on fall MAP in both reading and math. They then take CoGat and must score in the 98th percentile. They then take the WISC and must be in the 97th percentile.