For specific dates, please refer to the PGCPS TAG website at https://www.pgcps.org/offices/talented-and-gifted/important-dates.
IMPORTANT TAG
IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING DATES
early September - mid January
Parent nomination window. Parents need to request TAG screening in writing to the TAG coordinator or professional school counselor.
early September - mid October
Early Entrance to First Grade (AP 5111.11) test request & teacher observation window. (Note: Qualifying students should be moved to first grade by the beginning of second quarter.)
October
Grade 3 New Registrants to PGCPS will be tested with the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
(All students scoring at or above the 81st percentile will be screened for TAG services)
November
ALL Grade 1 students will be tested with the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) (Note: Students moved to Grade 1 from Kindergarten via AP 5111.11 and tested with the OLSAT A should NOT test again.)
(All students scoring at or above the 81st percentile will be screened for TAG services)
mid November - early January
Application window for TAG testing/screening of private or homeschooled students. (Google form)
late November - early December
ALL Grade 2 students will be tested with the Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)
(All students scoring at or above the 81st percentile will be screened for TAG services)
mid to late December
ALL Grade 4 students (not already TAG-identified) and new registrant 5th graders will be tested with the Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)
(All students scoring at or above the 81st percentile will be screened for TAG services)
mid December - mid March
TAG CENTER LOTTERY application available at https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/
Students must be TAG identified by PGCPS and apply to the lottery by the deadline to be eligible to attend the TAG Center Program. Placements are made based on home address. Use Schoolfinder to identify the program boundary school.
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Testing window dates are subject to change per the Testing Office Master Calendar. Each School will determine the exact testing dates within the testing window.
PGCPS Specialty Programs Lottery application which includes the TAG Center Program - https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/
If you have an questions regarding TAG identification, please email Mrs. Monath at jennifer.monath@pgcps.org or Mrs. Piazza at jill.piazza@pgcps.org.