THE GIFTED IDENTIFICATION
PROCESS
OCTOBER 25,
2013
LEDA EVERETT
FRANK SMITH
MISSY SNYDER
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HOW ARE GIFTED STUDENTS IDENTIFIED?
Georgia Board Rule 160-4-2-.38
 One who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability(ies),
exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or excels in specific academic
fields, and who needs special instruction and/or special ancillary services to achieve at
levels commensurate with his or her abilities).
Mandates
 To Identify
 Mental Ability, Creativity, Achievement, and Motivation
 3 out of 4 qualifying scores yields eligibility
 To Serve
 5 segments per week
Monitored
 Student Record- Complete Gifted folder includes all qualifying information
 FTE Counts 1 and 3
TESTING PROCESS 2013-2014
Implementation of Multiple Criteria
• Automatic Referrals (Aug. 2013)
• Testing- (Oct. 1-16)
• Teacher Referrals (Dec. 2013)
• Parent Referrals (Aug. 1 through
Dec. 13, 2013)
TEACHER REFERRALS
Teacher
observations!
Traits Aptitudes and Behaviors (TABs)
Ten Day Student Attendance window December
2-13 (Five consecutive days for observation)
All teachers including Special Areas, PEC, etc.
Ten characteristics on a Likert scale 1-5
Winter Testing Window- February 3-March 5,
2014
OTHER REFERRALS
Parent
Gifted Referral and Permission to Test Form
 Consent and request must be signed
Self
 High School students can refer themselves for testing
 Consent and request must be signed
Peer
 Not applicable in Atlanta Public Schools
Other
 Georgia Reciprocity
 Documentation of eligibility is required
SCREENING IS ONGOING
AUTOMATIC
ND L O O K
2
REFERRAL
 Student is initially
referred for testing.
 Data is gathered in four
areas.
 One instrument is
administered for each of
four areas.
 Student’s eligibility is
determined by qualifying
scores and evaluated via
the gifted eligibility team.
 Student was
determined ineligible
in a previous
screening.
 Student will be given
alternative
assessment for areas
that s/he did not
qualify.
 Student’s eligibility is
determined by
qualifying scores and
evaluated via the
gifted eligibility team.
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS
Grade
Mental Ability
K-5
•
•
Cognitive Abilities
Test
Creativity
•
•
ITBS (K-1)
•
Computer
Adaptive
Performance
Series
TONI-4
•
•
Torrance Test of
Creative
Thinking
Achievement
Individual
Psychological
•
Academic
Product
District Winner
in Product/
Performance
•
Academic
Product
Motivation
•
Gifted Rating
Scale
•
Academic
Product
•
District
Winner in
Product/
Performance
ANALYSIS
Test scores are returned to individual
schools by the Office of Gifted and
Talented.
Eligibility team meets to complete
eligibility reports for students tested.
Gifted teacher enters test data into the
State Reporting Fields and Gifted and
Talented Tab for all eligible and ineligible
students.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility team sends eligibility report to parents
notifying them of their child’s status.
The Gifted teacher holds a placement meeting with
parents of eligible students to explain the eligibility
report and gifted services in APS.
The Gifted teacher files copies of the signed eligibility
report in the gifted confidential file and PR Folder.
The Gifted teacher files eligibility reports of students
who did not qualify in the Gifted Confidential Binder.