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Regulation 6310.1 - Referral, Identification, and Placement Criteria for Gifted Program

A. Referral Process

A student may be referred by parent/guardian, staff member, community member, peer or by self-nomination.

A student may be referred for consideration based on any of the following:

1. Student products of high quality
2. Evidence of outstanding performance
3. Evidence of high ability, as determined by use of differentiated characteristics' checklists
4. Standardized group aptitude test scores in the 9th stanine
5. Standardized achievement test scores in the 9th stanine

B. Data Gathering Team, Building Based

Each school will establish a data gathering team, consisting of a building administrator, building facilitator, classroom teacher(s) and others. The make up of this group may change depending on the students who are being considered. It will be the responsibility of this team to facilitate the referral and identification of gifted students in the building.

C. Identification and Placement Criteria for Gifted Services

The criteria to be followed by the school data gathering team for identification and placement of students for gifted services and the differentiated curriculum are:

1. Meet district criterion on at least two of the following:

* Standardized achievement score(s) in 9th stanine on total reading, total math, total language, and/or total battery
* Student products or evidence of outstanding performance with supporting data, submitted by staff, parent/guardian, peers, self and/or community members
* Outstanding records of past performance (e.g., grades, performance in class)
* Evidence of ability as indicated on the differentiated characteristics checklists

or

* Score at the 98th percentile or above on on approved individual psychological test or other appropriate test selected by the school psychologist, as follows:

Stanford-Binet V, full scale score of 130 or above
Wechsler IV, full scale or general ability index score of 130 or above

or

Verbal Comprehension Index score of 130 and a full scale score of 120 or above

or

Perceptual Reasoning Index score of 130 and a full scale score of 120 or above

2. Identified students who transfer to schools or articulate within the district and identified students who enroll from out of district will be provided gifted program services.

D. Identification and Placement Criteria for Highly Gifted Services

The criteria used for identification and placement of students in the highly gifted program are:

1. Score three standard deviations above the norm on an approved individual psychological test as follows:

Stanford-Binet V, full scale score of 145 or above
Weschsler IV, full scale or general ability index score of 145 or above

or

Verbal Comprehension Index score of 145 or above

or

Perceptual Reasoning Index score of 145 or above

E. Identification by District Administrative Steering Committee for the Gifted and Highly Gifted Program

If a student does not meet the specified criteria for identification and gifted program services seem warranted, then staff members, the student, and/or parents/guardians may submit data to the District Steering Committee for the Gifted Program.

The District Administrative Steering Committee for the Gifted Program will consider the following information on which to base decisions for providing gifted program services:

* Demonstrated accomplishment(s)
* Expert testimony or reports
* Outstanding scores on objective tests
* Other evidence