My daughter is only in 3rd grade, and gets straight A's, so I know I don't really need to worry about anything. But, I'm a worrier, so her it is.
Our district does not screen for G&T until 3rd grade. In the fall, after 3 years of being far above grade level in reading and getting scores of 90-100% on every math, reading, SS, and science tests, she failed to qualify for the G&T program in our district.
The benchmark was the Iowa Assessments test.
She scored 82nd % in Reading, 94 % in written expression, and 72% in Math. I'm not exactly sure what the cutoffs were.... I think it was a composite of 92 (hers was 91) or a 90 in reading or 85 in math.
Her classroom teacher and I both talked to the principal and the G&T teacher, and it was decided that she should also take the CogAT to see if she could qualify that way, as our district requires passing 2 of 3 test to qualify for extra curriculum through our G&T program. The 3 tests are the Iowa Assessments, the district's GATES test, and the CogAT. She qualified with the GATES test, but not the Iowa Assessments.
So, she took the CogAT and did qualify for her G&T program in math.
Her CogAT test results were as follows, using grade 3/level B for the test
Area/Raw Score/USS/G%R
Verbal/41/175/54
Quantitative/49/195/77
Non Verbal/62/227/97
I'm very happy she qualified to be pulled for extra curriculum, as I know she's asked her teachers for 3 years for extra work during the school day. However, I'm wondering if I shouldn't ask what we can do at home to help with reading comprehension and vocabulary issues? Obviously, she has good reasoning skills, but perhaps, there is something going on with her reading skills, despite being above grade level?
