Gifted Program Overview

Gifted Services at Roosevelt School District

Identified gifted students receive services through a weekly enrichment pull‑out program for grades K–8. Instruction is aligned to academic standards and led by full‑time gifted‑endorsed teachers. The program is offered at every school.

Every gifted student has an Individualized Gifted Plan developed with goals aligned to their academic, social‑emotional, and personal needs.

CogAT Gifted Assessment

The CogAT is a cognitive abilities assessment that measures reasoning skills through verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal tasks. All Roosevelt School District second‑grade students are assessed each year. In addition, three rounds of referral‑based testing are offered annually for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade.

Learn more about the CogAT here: https://riversideinsights.com/cognitive_abilities_test

CogAT: Assessed Cognitive Batteries

Verbal

Measures a child’s ability to remember and transform sequences of English words, to understand them, and to make inferences and judgments about them.
Questions include picture analogies, sentence completion, and picture classification.

Quantitative

Measures a child’s understanding of numbers and their ability to solve problems using numerical relationships.
Includes question types such as number analogies, number puzzles, and number series.

Nonverbal

Measures nonverbal reasoning using pictures and geometric shapes.
Includes question types such as figure matrices, paper folding, and figure classification.

2026-27 Gifted Assessment Calendar

August-September 2026

Round 1 of CogAT Assessment

January 2027

Round 2 of CogAT Assessment

February 2027

Grade 2 districtwide CogAT assessment

April - May 2027

Round 3 of CogAT Assessment

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