Piqua City Schools offers whole-grade screenings for giftedness to all 2nd and 6th-grade students in the areas of Superior Cognitive Ability and Academic Achievement in the areas of Reading and Math. If you wish to opt your child out of the screening process, please contact your child's principal.
As defined by the Ohio Department of Education Gifted Education Operating Standards each board of education of each district shall identify gifted students enrolled in that district in grades kindergarten through twelve as follows:
(a) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "superior cognitive ability" if the child did either of the following within the preceding twenty-four months:
(i) Scored two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved individual standardized intelligence test administered by a licensed or certified school psychologist or licensed psychologist; or
(ii) Accomplished any one of the following:
(a) Scored at least two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved standardized group intelligence test;
(b) Performed at or above the ninety-fifth percentile on an approved individual or group standardized basic or composite battery of a nationally normed achievement test or;
(c) Attained an approved score on one or more above grade-level standardized, nationally normed approved tests.
(b) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "specific academic ability" superior to that of children of similar age in a specific academic ability field, if, within the preceding twenty-four months the child performs at or above the ninety-fifth percentile at the national level on an approved individual or group standardized achievement test of specific academic ability in that field. A child may be identified as gifted in more than one specific academic ability field.
(c) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "creative thinking ability" superior to children of a similar age, if within the previous twenty-four months, the child scored one standard deviation above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement, on an approved individual or group intelligence test and also did either of the following:
(i) Attained a sufficient score, as established by the department of education, on an approved individual or group test of creative ability; or
(ii) Exhibited sufficient performance, as established by the department of education, on an approved checklist by a trained individual of creative behaviors.
(d) A child shall be identified as exhibiting "visual or performing arts ability" superior to that of children of similar age if the child has done both of the following:
3(i) Demonstrated to a trained individual through a display of work, an audition, or other performance or exhibition, superior ability in a visual or performing arts area; and
(ii) Exhibited to a trained individual sufficient performance, as established by the department of education, on an approved checklist of behaviors related to a specific arts area.
Piqua City Schools uses the following assessment tools approved by the Ohio Department of Education in order to identify a student as gifted.
Superior Cognitive Ability
These assessments consider cognitive ability. Students scoring in the “screening” range will prompt a more in-depth examination of the child’s abilities.
Academic Achievement
These assessments consider performance in areas of reading, math, science, and social studies. Students in the "screening" range will prompt a more in-depth examination of the child's abilities.
An IOWA Test of Basic Skills, Woodcock Johnson IV, or Terra Nova test will be used to assess for identification in Mathematics and Language Arts.
An Iowa Test of Basic Skills will be used to assess for identification in science and social studies.
For whole grade screening in Grades 2 and 6: Terra Nova (Reading and Math only)
Creative Thinking Ability
Students must have the identification score for creative thinking from an ability test and an identifying score from the GATES or the SRBCSS creativity section to be identified in creative thinking ability.
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