Gifted Services
The SLUSD uses CogAt to identify gifted learners. The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a multiple-choice K-12 assessment that measures reasoning skills with different types of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal questions.
Please talk with your student's teacher about recommendations for testing.
Gifted testing occurs during the months of November, February, and May.
Bright Child:
Knows the answer
Is Interested
Is attentive
Has good ideas
Words hard
Answers the question
Top group
Listens with ease
6-8 repetitions for mastery
Understands ideas
Enjoys peers
Grasps the meaning
Completes assignments
Is receptive
Copies accurately
Enjoys school
Absorbs information
Technician
Good at memorizing
Enjoys straight-forward-sequential presentation
Is alert
Is pleased with own learning
Gifted Child:
Asks the questions
Is highly curious
Is mentally and physically involved
Has wild, silly ideas
Plays around, yet tests well
Discusses in detail, elaborates
Beyond the group
Shows strong feelings and opinions
Already knows
1-2 repetitions for mastery
Constructs abstractions
Prefers adult interactions more than peers
Draws inferences
Initiates projects
Is intense
Creates a new design
Enjoys learning
Manipulates information
Inventor
Good guesser
Thrives on complexity
Is keenly observant
Is highly self-critical
