Identification Process

Vallivue School district identifies and provides gifted services for students in 3rd-5th grades that meet the identification criteria.

All second grade students participate in a universal screening test in the spring to allow an opportunity to be considered for the program starting in 3rd grade. Students that score well will be invited to continue with the identification process and parent consent will be obtained.
Fourth and fifth grade students can be recommended by teachers or parents for testing. Students with high ISATs in both reading and math, may be automatically referred for GT testing in the fall.
Identification is based on multiple criteria. Academic scores, GT testing scores, and parent and teacher checklists are all important criteria on our district matrix used for identification.
Pre-referrals and auto-referrals take place in the spring. At that time, the GT staff will ask teachers if they would like to recommend any current students for testing the following year. Additionally, all ISAT scores for 3rd and 4th grade students will be reviewed; students that score at or near the 92 percentile in both ELA and Math and have not been recommended, will be added to the list to be tested. During the spring referrals, teacher checklists will be completed. Parents will be notified in the fall.

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Things for a teacher to consider:

Bright vs. Gifted
Pretests & academic performance
ISAT Scores
SRI Lexile Score

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1. Paperwork

Teachers will fill out the fill out teacher checklist on a Google Form. Email Mattie Rizzi for the form.
Parents are to fill out the parent checklist and permission to test form Electronically or on paper.

2. Submit paperwork to GT facilitator.

When all paperwork has been received, The GT staff will work with the teacher to schedule a testing time (and secretaries to determine location if needed). GT staff will complete testing. When all data has been compiled, an Electronic Meeting Process will begin with emails sent to the team (school psychologist, principal, and classroom teacher) to determine eligibility for qualifying. As a teacher, you may agree with the GT recommendations or add to the conversation.

3. Parent Communication

The GT Facilitator will contact parents via phone or letter to inform them of the results of testing.

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