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WCPSS: Academically Gifted - AG program. Students must maintain a certain level of performance to remain in the program..
Interesting links. Students are identified in 3rd grade via The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) in grade 3. If a student scores at the 75th percentile or higher, he/she will then be administered the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).
Finally, a student who scores at or above the 90th%tile on either assessment will be considered for nomination to the program.
A Student who is identified for the program will begin "services" in 4th grade.
I would strongly encourage you, if you can, to have your child tested on your own before 3rd grade. These children are being left to moulder and are not being challenged, in favor of boosting the success of children in other learning categories. For my child this lead to behavioral problems, and he started to regress in areas that he had previously excelled in - frustrated, learning to hate school, needing to create stimulation for himself since he wasn't getting it from the material - disruptive talking because he just HAD to share his ideas but there was no forum for him to do so at the level he was being 'taught', etc. This has since been fixed with an IEP - Individual Education Plan. With test scores that show AG capabilities, you can 'prove' to the principal that your child needs further enrichment activities and material earlier. Don't wait.
There is also a Gifted Child program in Wake County, called PAIGE I think?
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I would strongly encourage you, if you can, to have your child tested on your own before 3rd grade. These children are being left to moulder and are not being challenged, in favor of boosting the success of children in other learning categories. For my child this lead to behavioral problems, and he started to regress in areas that he had previously excelled in - frustrated, learning to hate school, needing to create stimulation for himself since he wasn't getting it from the material - disruptive talking because he just HAD to share his ideas but there was no forum for him to do so at the level he was being 'taught', etc. This has since been fixed with an IEP - Individual Education Plan. With test scores that show AG capabilities, you can 'prove' to the principal that your child needs further enrichment activities and material earlier. Don't wait.
There is also a Gifted Child program in Wake County, called PAIGE I think?
Actually, my daughter is in high school, I only put the information out there for informational purposes only ..
I do want to mention the IEP - Individual Educational Plan - covers both ends of the spectrum - your child can get certified for services via IEP if they are identified with a learning disability, developmentally delayed, too.
How do they handle it if you're coming from another school system and have already been placed in a gifted program, but are younger than 3rd grade?
Seeing this is making me feel better about leaning towards Johnston County for relocation.
There is a section called : Information for Incoming Transfer Students under the second link I posted earlier.. but it doesn't offer a lot of details..
Location: Boca Raton, FL but want Clayton, NC ASAP!
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There is a section called : Information for Incoming Transfer Students under the second link I posted earlier.. but it doesn't offer a lot of details..
There is a program called "Explorers" that offers AG services once a week to 3rd graders. They are nominated by teachers and the AG teacher takes a look at them to see if they think the students need it. Official testing is done in 3rd grade and some of the "Explorer" kids don't qualify for official services in 4th grade.
At my old school, kids would get pulled out for AG services as early as 1st grade if it was recommended by their teacher & AG teacher. But at our new school they don't do anything under 3rd grade and the AG teacher was very surprised to hear that our former school did.
I have also heard from some parents whose newly converted year round schools don't have an AG program at all anymore.
I wonder if this related question might have an answer out there--my daughter has been in private school up till now--they took SAT tests--does WCPSS use those standardized tests? IF so, do they use those to identify kids on any of the outer/non "average" ranges?
What do you do to get IEP certified? I'm not sure if my son is AG or just advanced...but he is at least 2 grades ahead according to his teacher assessments. I have had some concerns as they are doing very little reading in Kindergarten...which is his strong point, and limited math, which I know he could be doing alot more of.
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