Talented and Gifted Program

Identification for Gifted Services

​Considerations:

• Maturity of your child (especially for primary)

• Learning style of your child (self-directed, able to handle open-ended tasks and long range planning)

• Length of testing (especially for younger children, 6-8 hour process)

• Nationally-normed tests scores are valid for 2 years (students may not be nominated again for 2 years)

How Do I Refer My Child for Talented and Gifted (TAG) Screening?

Talented and Gifted Referral Window Opens November 6th-December 8th, 2023

The referral window for TAG testing will open on November 6th, 2023. The deadline for completing the referral is December 8th, 2023. You can refer to the District Gifted Services website for more information. 

The referral window for students to be considered for gifted services is from November 6, 2023 through December 8, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. You will find the registration link on the Round Rock ISD TAG website. On the morning of November 6th at 8:00 a.m. the links will be live and you can submit registration requests. After completing the online form, you will receive email confirmation of your referral for gifted services. Please keep a copy of the confirmation email for your records.

TAG Referral Informational Slides

• English

• Spanish

TAG Referral Parent Information Video (same as slides but with audio)

• English

• Spanish

If you have any questions after reviewing the material, please join the district Gifted Services department for a virtual Question and Answer session on November 13, 2023, from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Join the Google Meet

Contact Chrissy Anderson, at chrissy_anderson@roundrockisd.org for any additional information or questions.

Current RRISD students

By the end of November, when referral forms are due, students will have been in school for four months; almost half of the school year. Early referral is necessary so that adequate time exists for the Screening and Placement Committee to review student files and collect needed information to initiate testing which takes place in January and early February. Testing must be scheduled then to avoid a number of end-of-the-year tests that take place in March, April, and May.  Placement forms are then developed and Campus Screening and Placement Committees review the new data. Final determination of the student’s status is made and notices sent by the end of the school year for placement the following school year. Without early referral and testing, placement decisions could not be made until after school begins in August.

New students entering RRISD

The Campus Screening and Placement Committee will be primarily responsible for the placement of transfer students. Students transferring into the district who bring written documentation of previous identification as gifted/talented in another district will be assessed within 30 school days of enrollment. If testing is declined at this time, the student may be referred during the next district-wide referral opportunity.

Written documentation from the student’s last district must be available to show the student was in an academic gifted program, not one for creativity, honors or high ability students. If that documentation includes two screening instruments comparable to RRISD screening instruments that meet district criteria, the student may be temporarily placed in the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program. Parents must approve of the temporary placement. The student must meet district criteria to be placed or remain in the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program.

Contact Chrissy Anderson, at chrissy_anderson@roundrockisd.org for any additional information or questions.