AIG Identification Process 

Unless they are new to WCPSS, 3rd graders will be not be eligible for nomination until Spring 2026

1. Any parent/legal guardian or teacher may nominate their student for consideration for AIG testing. Please consult with your student's classroom teacher first. Then, send an AIG nomination letter to one of Green Hope Elementary's AIG Teachers, Ms. Goodman, or Mrs. Cossa. All student nominations must be done through the AIG Nomination Google Form by the nomination window's deadline. All nominations must be received by 4:15 on the last day of the nomination window. A deadline for AIG nominations is established to allow time for the AIG Team time to interview each AIG candidate's current and previous teachers, gather formal and informal data about each AIG candidate, and schedule a meeting with GHE's School-Based Committee for Gifted Education for AIG Testing referral recommendation.

2. After the nomination has been accepted, the AIG team will send home AIG Evaluation/Testing Consent Forms and Parent Observation Checklists to parents/legal guardians to complete and return to the school. The AIG team will send Teacher Student Observation Checklists to the AIG candidate's current teacher for completion. The AIG Team will collect informal data such as the Parent Observation Checklist and Teacher Observation Checklist and conduct interviews with the AIG candidate's current and last year's classroom teacher. Formal data will be gathered, such as the AIG candidate's previous Cognitive Abilities Test scores, IOWA Achievement Test scores, any additional achievement/aptitude testing scores, EOG scores, report cards, mClass data, Star Math assessment, and classroom unit assessments. When all informal and formal data has been collected, the AIG team will meet with the Green Hope Elementary School's School-Based Committee for Gifted Education (SBCGE) to discuss the appropriateness of AIG testing.

3. During the Green Hope Elementary School's School-Based Committee for Gifted Education (SBCGE) meeting, the AIG chair will introduce each AIG candidate's informal and formal data, and the SBCGE will decide whether testing is appropriate for each candidate. Final decisions will be sent home to the AIG candidate's parent/legal guardian.

4. After the School-Based Committee for Gifted Education meeting, all referred AIG candidates will be required to take the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) and IOWA Achievement subject test. A licensed AIG teacher will administer all AIG testing.

5. Upon receiving student scores; Students who score 95% or higher on their Cognitive Abilities Test will be identified as Intellectually Gifted (IG). Any student who scores 95% or higher on the IOWA Achievement Test will be identified as Academically Gifted (AG). Any student that scores 95% or higher on both tests will be identified as Academically and Intellectually (AIG) gifted. The AIG team will work with Wake County Public Schools to get the new gifted status into the county's digital platform system, and Consent for Services, Individualized Education Plans, and  Differentiated Evaluation Plans will be sent home to the newly identified student's parent/legal guardian to be signed and returned to the school. All three gifted identifications will receive the same AIG services, and AIG/IG/AG pull-out services will begin the following grading period.

Talent Development 

AIG candidates who score between 90% and 94% will be invited to participate in Talent Development. Talent Development is intentional efforts to develop and cultivate the potential in high-performing students whose strengths still need to be fully developed, but the potential is present. Talent development efforts produce strength-based learning opportunities where teachers can observe and collect data for gifted identification. Talent Development students will be invited to participate in all AIG services with AIG's current grade-level candidates for one year.  Talent Development students may retake AIG assessments once a year. 

AIG Identification Portfolio

Wake County Public Schools acknowledges that some students have Testing Anxiety and do not perform well on standardized tests. We offer an AIG Identification Portfolio route for these students. All AIG candidates will need to score at least 17 points or above to be Academically Gifted Identified. The AIG team will use the AIG Identification Portfolio for gifted identification.