Oh...and as for the cutoff...
It is a complicated process in Fairfax County. They first assemble a screening pool. A child can test into the 2nd grade screening pool by achieving at least a 132 on the NNAT or any one section of the COGAT. From that point, a file is assembled for each child in the "pool" that includes work samples, a gifted behavior rating scale completed by the child's teachers, an optional parent questionaire, etc. You can also submit WISC scores, letters of recommendation, etc.
A committee then goes through each file and decides whether a child is eligible or ineligible.
There is no quota or limit. Every child that the comittee finds eligible is guaranteed a spot in a GT center.
Last edited by supercrunch; 05/17/10 12:01 PM.
