A Summary

Understanding G/T Test ScoresSummarized by Jodi Dodd

GT Coordinator

ACE

General Intellectual Ability

96% or above on a Nationally Normed test: OLSAT (Otis Lennon)

Academic Aptitude 96% or above on a Nationally Normed test: Metropolitan 8 (Mat8)

Creativity Originality of thought, fluency, elaboration, and flexibility of thought (informal and formal assessment)

Leadership: The willingness of the student to assume leadership roles in class, a student organization, and in a community activity. (informal and formal assessment)

Visual and Performing Arts:

Determined through auditions, letters of recommendation, product or portfolio assessment.

Kentucky State Law Requirements: Students in Gifted programming should show giftedness in at least one of the

following:

PRIMARY LEVEL: Before 4th Grade

Primary Talent Pool (PTP) In Kentucky, all schools must have an informal selection process at the primary level, supported by teacher recommendation, and a committee.

Students must have 3 of the following:

•A collection of evidence demonstrating student performance•Inventory checklists of behaviors specific to giftedness.•Diagnostic data•Continuous progress data•Anecdotal records•Available formal test data•Parent interview or questionnaire•Review from a committee recommendation•Petition system and other valid reliable documentation

•The selection process for QUESTbegins when the student is in 4th grade. (Testing in 3rd grade.) •3 pieces of documentation for this level are also needed.

•The difference: One of these MUST be a score of 96 or above on a nationally normed test:

•Met 8/Stanford (Academic) OR OLSAT (General Intellect) •AND 2 of the Following Pieces of Evidence:

AFTER 4th GRADE: Formal Identification

•A collection of evidence demonstrating student performance•Inventory checklists of behaviors specific to giftedness.•Diagnostic data•Continuous progress data

•Anecdotal records•Available formal test data•Parent interview or questionnaire•Review from a committee recommendation•Petition system and other valid reliable documentation

The Big Tests: What information is on these Tests:

Stanford or Metropolitan 8Academic Achievement:

What kids know about school subjects:

Reading/VocabMath/Computation/Problem SolvingLanguage/Grammar

Yield: Levels of Specific Areas as well as Total Battery (everything together)

Otis Lenon (OLSAT)General Intellectual:

Assess abilities a student perceives, recognizes and remembers:

Relationships between wordsRecallFollowing DirectionsDetecting LikenessesSolving MathCritical ThinkingProblem Solving

YIELD: National Comparison by AGE

How to Read Test Results:

The Big Tests:

Eligibility for QUEST:

Stanford: 96% on TB or PB

OR

OLSAT: 96% on NP by AGE

FCPS Options

3rd, 4th, 5th: Quest at ACE, Ashland Accelerated Cluster, SCAPA

Middle School: Winburn Accelerated Cluster

High School: Henry Clay HSSCAPADunbar HS

Sources

Sternberg, R. J., Grigorenko, E. L., Torff, E. L., & Jarvin, L. (2004). Modern theories of intelligence applied to assessment of abilities, instructional design, and knowledge-based assessment. Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.

Coleman. L.J.; & Cross, T. L. (2005). Being Gifted in School. (2nd edi.) Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.

Kentucky State Law: 704KAR, 3:285, Programs for the gifted and Talented. www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/704/003/285