How are students nominated and referred for an AIG evaluation?
Students in Kindergarten through 12th grade may be nominated by a parent, student, teacher or other school personnel at any time. Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade may be nominated for AIG service when they demonstrate consistent performance two or more grade levels above their current grade. The SBCGE will review available indicators for all nominations.
3rd Grade - The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) ad-ministers the CogAT to all 3rd grade students. Students who obtain a CogAT composite or subtest score at or above the 85th percentile will be eligible to take the Iowa. Students who score at the 95th percentile on either the CogAT or Iowa will be considered for nomination to the School Based Committee for Gifted Education (SBCGE).
Nominations for 3rd grade are reviewed once CogAT and Iowa scores are available. Students are referred on the basis of these scores.
4th and 5th Grade - Parent, student, teacher or other school personnel may submit nominations in writing to Mrs. Barnett by the end of the nomination window. Students who are referred by the SBCGE in grades 4–12 are administered the CogAT and Iowa during established testing windows.
When is the nomination Window?
Testing for 4th and 5th grade students happens once each semester. Please submit AIG nominations to Mrs. Barnett via email - [email protected].
What is SSA?
SSA stands for Single Subject Acceleration. SSA is the practice of assigning a student to a higher-grade level than is typical, given the student's age, for the purpose of providing access to appropriately challenging learning opportunities in either Language Arts OR Mathematics. For more information, you can visit the WCPSS SSA page.
Students in Kindergarten through 12th grade may be nominated by a parent, student, teacher or other school personnel at any time. Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade may be nominated for AIG service when they demonstrate consistent performance two or more grade levels above their current grade. The SBCGE will review available indicators for all nominations.
3rd Grade - The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) ad-ministers the CogAT to all 3rd grade students. Students who obtain a CogAT composite or subtest score at or above the 85th percentile will be eligible to take the Iowa. Students who score at the 95th percentile on either the CogAT or Iowa will be considered for nomination to the School Based Committee for Gifted Education (SBCGE).
Nominations for 3rd grade are reviewed once CogAT and Iowa scores are available. Students are referred on the basis of these scores.
4th and 5th Grade - Parent, student, teacher or other school personnel may submit nominations in writing to Mrs. Barnett by the end of the nomination window. Students who are referred by the SBCGE in grades 4–12 are administered the CogAT and Iowa during established testing windows.
When is the nomination Window?
Testing for 4th and 5th grade students happens once each semester. Please submit AIG nominations to Mrs. Barnett via email - [email protected].
What is SSA?
SSA stands for Single Subject Acceleration. SSA is the practice of assigning a student to a higher-grade level than is typical, given the student's age, for the purpose of providing access to appropriately challenging learning opportunities in either Language Arts OR Mathematics. For more information, you can visit the WCPSS SSA page.