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Wake County Public School System: gifted testing

Dates and requirements change. Always confirm with Wake County Public School System directly. Last checked: 2026-10-23 · district website

Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG)

Grades K-12

All second graders take the CogAT. Students at the 85th percentile or higher on the composite or any subtest are invited to take the Iowa Assessments, and the School Based Committee for Gifted Education reviews strong results. In grades 2-8 identification starts with a nomination and portfolio.

TestGradesWhoWhen
CogAT2All students testedSet by the district each year (not published in the plan)source
Iowa Assessments2CogAT composite or subtest at the 85th percentile or higher, or on request by a parent, teacher or studentAfter the CogATsource

Published criteria

  • Intellectually Gifted (IG): 95th percentile or higher on a nationally normed ability test. Reading uses the verbal measure (CogAT V or VN); math uses the quantitative or nonverbal measures (CogAT Q, N or QN). source
  • Academically Gifted (AG): 95th percentile or higher on a nationally normed achievement test in reading or math (for example Iowa), or the required points on the EOG data review rubric or the 3D Form/portfolio. source
  • Invitation to the Iowa Assessments (a screening step, not identification): CogAT composite or any subtest at or above the 85th percentile. source

Appeals / retesting: Parents may disagree at nomination, referral or identification. Steps: written request for a conference with the School-Based Committee for Gifted Education (within 20 school days), then the principal (request within 30 school days of that conference), then the Advanced Learning Services Program Director, then the Assistant Superintendent of Academics. source

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