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AIG Identification Process
It is suggested that referrals for AIG Identification testing should be done when a student works in the 90th percentile and/or at least a grade level ahead of expectations in a math and/or reading.
Universal AIG Screening for 2nd Graders
In March 2025, all 2nd grade students will participate in CCS' AIG Universal Screening in the spring. This is the first step toward AIG Identification. No referral is needed to participate. All students will take an abilities test in March. Scores will be sent home in May. CCS allows THREE attempts at AIG Identification. This Universal Screening counts as one attempt.
A referral for AIG placement testing can be made for students by anyone that has educational information about the referred student.
The referral areas are math only, reading only, or both.
Please note that CCS allows THREE attempts for AIG testing K-12th grade. K-1 students must place in the top 2% on national standardized tests to qualify.
Once the referral window closes on January 6, 2025, AIG Specialists will begin pulling students for AIG testing.
Additional data pieces will also be collected from the classroom teacher and the AIG Specialist during this time.
All students will have their results sent home in May and any service recommendations will take place the following school year.
After testing is finished and all data is collected, a team of school-level educators will meet to review information and make specific recommendations regarding AIG identification based on the available information.
School level recommendations are reviewed by a district team (NDT). This district team will make the final determination for AIG placement for students. The decisions will then be communicated to students and parents by the end of the school year.
If you would like to refer your child for AIG Testing, please complete the Referral Permission Form by January 6, 2025 and email it to the AIG Specialist
Terms
· Referral = nomination or presenting a student for evaluation
· Placement = actual entrance into the AIG program, requires parental consent
· Identification = actual entrance into the AIG program, requires parental consent
· Evaluation = series of data gathered for placement decision
· Criteria = qualifying data points
· Grade skipping = advancing ahead of the anticipated or current grade level
· Grade acceleration = advancing ahead of the anticipated or current grade level
· Differentiation = changing the curriculum to meet learner’s needs
· AIG specialist = a teacher at your child’s school who specializes and is trained in gifted education
· NDT = Needs Determination Team, AIG school based team
· CCSNDT = Chatham County Schools Needs Determination Team, makes final placement decisions
· Nurture = talent development
· Acute circumstances = currently these include parental separation from the student, foster care, extreme poverty, language barriers, death in the family
Permission Forms
If your child is identified in some aspect of AIG/Advanced placement, a guardian must sign a permission form for the student to participate in the program. These are sent home with AIG testing results if needed.
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