The following provides information on the requirements for each type of program, by grade:
Grades K-4: All age-appropriate students applying for kindergarten through grade 4 will be tested. Note that students must be able to separate from their parents to walk with the examiner to the assessment room. Parents are not allowed to accompany their child into the assessment area.
Grades 5-8: Testing eligibility for students applying for grades 5-8 (except for the RGC-ELs) will be based on the student’s NWEA MAP scores in reading and math.
Students with an IEP applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 50th percentile in one subject (reading or math), and at or above the 40th percentile in the other subject (reading or math) in order to be eligible for testing.
Regional Gifted Centers
In order to be eligible for testing, general education students and students with a 504 Plan applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 60th percentile in both reading and math.
Regional Gifted Centers for English Learners (RGC-ELs)
Testing eligibility for students applying for grades 5-8 will be based on the student’s previous year's reading and math final classroom grades. Students must have no lower than a B on their final reading and math grades in order to be eligible.
Classical Schools
In order to be eligible for testing, general education students and students with a 504 Plan applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 60th percentile in both reading and math.
International Gifted Programs
In order to be eligible for testing, general education students and students with a 504 Plan applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 60th percentile in both reading and math.
Academic Centers
In order to be eligible for testing, students must score at or above the 45th percentile in both reading and math.
For my kid on NWEA is well over the 99th percentile for his grade. There can be kids as low as the 40th percentile in his "gifted" class.
