Districts / NC
Rowan-Salisbury Schools: gifted testing
Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG)
Grades K-12Every second grader takes the CogAT in late spring. Students at the 80th percentile or higher on any subtest or the composite join the third-grade screening pool (local norms can be used so each pool has at least 10% of a school's third graders).
Published criteria
- Pathway 1, Intellectually Gifted: composite aptitude at the 96th percentile or higher (CogAT, NNAT, TONI-4 or OLSAT); CogAT Verbal 96th+ for reading, Quantitative and Nonverbal 96th+ for math. source
- Grades K-2: 99th percentile on an individual administration of the NNAT. source
- Pathway 2 (AI, AR, AM): aptitude and achievement percentiles must add up to 180 or more in the subject (for example 90th + 90th). source
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- Rowan-Salisbury Schools Local AIG Plan 2025-2028 (NC DPI) (checked 2026-10-23)
- ZIP codes (finder only) (checked 2026-10-23)