Talent Development Identification Process

Multiple criteria are used in order to identify students as gifted in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.  Students have the opportunity to identify as Academically Gifted in both Reading and Math, Academically Gifted in Math Only or Academically Gifted in Reading Only, or Intellectually Gifted.  Additionally, students may accumulate points on a TD identification rubric through aptitude and achievement assessments, as well as informal assessments  (For CMS 2nd Graders Only).

Gifted Identification in CMS

•  All 2nd Grade students who are primarily educated in a CMS general education classroom are screened with the CogAT, a nationally-normed aptitude test and the Gifted Rating Scales (GRS).  Parents will receive a notification letter as to when the screening will occur.

• Students who score at the 77th percentile or higher on the nationally-normed aptitude test in verbal, quantitative, quantitative/nonverbal (QN), and/or overall age-composite scores are eligible for further screening using a nationally-normed achievement test. This would occur if fewer than twelve points are acquired on the Talent Development Identification Rubric with the initial aptitude test and GRS results.
  
  

• Students are eligible for a portfolio assessment if they have achieved 3 t-scores of 65 or higher in three areas on the GRS  OR have achieved between 92-95 age-percentile composite score on the CMS administered aptitude test and have not accumulated the required 12 points on the Talent Development Identification Rubric for Academically Gifted certification in BOTH Reading and Math.
  Identification as Academically Gifted (AG) in BOTH Reading and Math will be determined using the Talent Development Identification Rubric where an overall score of at least 12 must be accumulated.  Second grade students can accumulate rubric points on a CMS administered nationally-normed aptitude test, a CMS administered nationally-normed achievement test, the Gifted Rating Scales, or a CMS portfolio assessment.  The portfolio and Gifted Rating Scales assessments are available only for CMS second grade students. 
  
  

• Students who attain a score of 92nd-95th percentile on the CogAT, but do not earn enough points on the Talent Development Identification Rubric to identify as Academically Gifted Reading and Math (AG), Academically Gifted Reading Only (AR), or Academically Gifted Math Only (AM) with achievement testing results, or as a result of the portfolio assessment, will identify as Intellectually Gifted (IG)​