• Testing Instruments

    The District accepts referrals, screens and identifies students who perform or show potential for performing at high levels of accomplishment in the areas of superior cognitive ability, specific academic ability, creative thinking ability, and/or visual and/or performing arts.  The district must follow policy and procedures established in Ohio Administrative Code 3301-51-15.  These rules specify that assessment instruments must come from the list approved by the Ohio Department of Education.  The testing instruments used by our school district personnel are selected from the Ohio Approved List of Assessment Instruments for the Identification of Gifted Children.

    Superior Cognitive

    Ability and Achievement Scores

    Ability Tests - Required Score (2 standard deviations above the mean)

    • Naglieri Second Edition- Required Score: Ages 5-11 - 125 and Ages 12-17 - 126
    • InView - Required Score: 128
    • OLSAT, (Otis Lennon School Ability Test) - Required Score: 126
    • WISC-V (Weshler Intelligence Scale for Children – fourth edition) - Required Score: 127
    • WPPSI-III (Weshler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence –third edition) - Required Score: 127

    Specific Academic Ability

    Achievement scores in one or more of the following academic areas: Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies

    Achievement Tests - Required Score (percentile)

    • Measures of Academic Progress - (Reading and Math only) - Required Score: 95 (percentile)
    • Stanford Tests of Academic Achievement - Required Score: 95 (percentile)
    • WIAT (Weshler Individual Achievement Test) - Required Score: 95 (percentile)
    • WJIII (Woodcock Johnson Tests of Academic Achievement, Third edition) - Required Score: 95 (percentile)

    Creative Thinking Ability

    Ability and Creative Checklist

    Ability Test - Required Score (2 standard deviations above the mean)

    • Naglieri 2nd Edition - Required Score: 111
    • InView - Required Score: 112
    • OLSAT (Otis Lennon School Ability Test) - Required Score: 110
    • WISC-V (Weshler Intelligence Scale for Children – fourth edition) - Required Score: 112
    • WPPSI-IV (Weshler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence – third edition) - Required Score: 112

     

    AND

        

    Creative Checklist - Required Score of 83

    • Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale

    Visual and Performing Arts Ability

    Visual and performing arts checklist and rating rubric

    Checklist - Required Score of 78

    • GATES (Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale)

    AND

    Rubric

    • Ohio Department of Education Rubric for Visual and Performing Arts (Criteria for screening and identification varies with discipline being evaluated)

     

    *ODE Rubric for Drama: - Required score 20-24

    *ODE Rubric for Dance: - Required score 26-30

    *ODE Rubric for Visual Art: - Required score 21-24