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Mesa Public Schools: gifted testing

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Gifted & Talented

Grades K-8

Mesa universally screens 2nd and 4th graders with the CogAT Screening Form, given in two sessions; students likely to do well then take the CogAT post-screener. Identified K-2 students get enrichment in the classroom; grades 3-6 are served in a pull-out resource classroom; grades 7-8 take concurrent honors classes.

TestGradesWhoWhen
CogAT2, 4universal (CogAT Screening Form, then post-screener)Not publishedsource

Published criteria

  • Grades 3-6: 97th percentile or above in one area of the CogAT for pull-out services. Grades 7-8: 90th percentile in an area for concurrent honors classes. source

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