Informational GATE Meeting Topic: Identification (LAUSD Policy)

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Agenda

 GATE Identification Process  Categories of Identification  Identification Criteria  Additional Information  Questions

Identification Process

 Search and referral (should begin with teacher)  Screening (teacher and GATE Coordinators)  Review (GATE Coordinators)  LAUSD Verification

Categories of Identification

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Intellectual Ability

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Students whose general intellectual development is markedly advanced in relation to their chronological peers. Advanced scores on CST in ELA or Math

High Achievement

: Grade 4 and above: Students who consistently function for two consecutive years at highly advanced levels in both English-Language Arts and Math. Grade 2 only: Students who demonstrate high achievement on a nationally standardized, norm-referenced, group-administered measure of verbal and non-verbal abilities.

Specific Academic Ability

: Students who consistently function for three consecutive years at highly advanced levels in either English-Language Arts or Math.

Criteria for Identification

Intellectual Ability

   1 semester of observation by teacher Review of cums, report cards, student work Evidence of intellectual ability, including but not limited to:      Advanced reasoning ability Superior vocabulary Rapid acquisition of a 2 nd language Demonstrated advanced academic ability, i.e. two years above grade level in reading comprehension, and mathematical reasoning and problem-solving Accelerated rate of learning new tasks OR   Scaled scores in the advanced level on state tests A pattern of advanced academic ability or an indication of the potential for advanced academic performance

Intellectual Ability (cont’d)

 DESIGNATION only if:   District GATE office approves initial paperwork for Intellectual Ability testing Intellectual Ability testing:    Gifted: score of 95 to 99.8% Highly Gifted Applicable: score of 99.5 to 99.8% Highly Gifted: score of 99.9%

High Achievement Ability

(Grades 4 and above)  2 current, consecutive years of advanced achievement in ELA and Math   ELA: 450  Math: 455 Must be a minimum of 3 out of 4 test scores on State test  1 score may be replaced with grade of “4” in achievement in both 2 nd and 3 rd report cards of the given subject area (Reading or Math)

High Achievement Ability

( Grade 2 ONLY )

OLSAT-8

• • • Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) 8 th edition Administered to all second graders in LAUSD in March – – – – Nationally standardized, norm-referenced

achievement test

non-verbal school abilities – (from Pearson Publishers) measuring verbal and Perceive accurately – Recognize and recall those perceptions – Think logically Understand relationships Abstract from a set of particulars Generalize to new and different contexts NOT an IQ test

Sample OLSAT Questions

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Qualifying OLSAT Scores

(Total Age-Based Percentile Score or “Age PR-S”) 95 th 90 th and 94 th percentile must ALSO have both of the following CST scores for 2 nd Grade: – percentile and above, OR ELA: 450 or above – Math: 455 or above

Specific Academic Ability

 Grade 4 and above  3 current, consecutive years of advanced achievement in ELA or Math   ELA: 450  Math: 455 1 score may be replaced with grade of “4” in 2 trimester report card of the given subject area (Reading or Math) nd and 3 rd  Grade may NOT be substituted for the most current year

Additional Information

 Magnet school applications (CHOICES brochure) for 2014-2015 due on November 15, 2013  See your child’s classroom teacher, first, if you have questions about GATE eligibility or differentiation in the classroom  District GATE office is currently understaffed, so processing of paperwork may take a long time  Once designated, designation may show up on report card before school receives formal notification

Questions