If you are new to WCPSS and your child was identified as gifted in another school system, please contact me so that we can discuss reciprocity identification.
If you are new to WCPSS and your child was identified as gifted in another school system, please contact me so that we can discuss reciprocity identification.
All WCPSS students have the opportunity to take an SSA test to skip the next grade in a single subject. Parents/guardians submit a request for their student(s) to take the SSA test for a single subject (math or ELA). These tests are based on end-of-the-year mastery of the grade the student wants to skip (e.g., a sixth grader who wants to skip seventh grade math would take the seventh grade SSA test). Single Subject Acceleration testing takes place during two separate testing windows.
Newly enrolled to WCPSS students will have two weeks from their date of enrollment or before the end of the 1st quarter, whichever comes first, to take the SSA assessment outside of the Spring Testing window. The spring testing window is for all WCPSS students in kindergarten through 7th grade. As part of the 2025-2028 AIG Plan, the district will evaluate opportunities to expand student access to the SSA process. Students may accelerate through a single subject multiple times as long as the acceleration does not attempt to skip courses that result in high school credit (e.g., students may not skip Math I through the SSA process).
Students who want to accelerate or skip high school courses for credit have the opportunity to do so through Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM). If you have questions about these accelerative opportunities, contact Dana Pilkington at dpilkington@wcpss.net.