I think the interesting thing in regards to that article and your situation of changing to the cogat and/or nnat is the possibility that a significantly smaller portion of kids are going to be identified as gifted. I believe aeh has also said that the ravens norms are outdated and would now over identify giftedness.
I oddly think that having less GATE identified kids in the school district may actually be more beneficial to getting the services they need. This school year we have 27.7% of the student population being identified for GATE placement (98%ile and above). They say we are a "smart city" but that seems ridiculously high. 5.4% of that number is identified for the highly gifted program (99.9%ile). Perhaps having numbers that high actually devalues their special needs.
