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Elementary Gifted and Talented Programs
Identification Timeline and Opportunities
South Carolina’s gifted and talented programs are established and guided by state Regulation 43-220. More information can be found on the SC Department of Education website.
All students enrolled in a South Carolina public school participate in universal gifted and talented (GT) screening in Grade 2 via the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) and Iowa Assessment (IA). Both assessments are used to provide initial data for GT qualification; students will have additional opportunities to qualify for GT service. Students must meet criteria in two of three dimension areas to qualify for gifted services. Please refer to the chart below to view testing opportunities for students enrolled in Rock Hill Schools.
Rock Hill Schools Annual Opportunities to Qualify for Gifted and Talented Services
Dimension A Aptitude
Dimension B Achievement
Dimension C Performance
Grade 2
CogAT
(October - all students)Iowa
(October - all students)
MAP
(September and December- all students)
SC Performance Tasks
(February - partially qualified students)Grades 3-5
CogAT
(October - students new to the district without prior Aptitude Assessment)MAP
(September and December - all students)
SC Ready
(May - all students)
SC Performance Tasks
(February - partially qualified students)Gifted and Talented Identification Assessments
CogAT - measures learned reasoning abilities in the areas of Verbal Reasoning Ability (problem solving with the use of words), Nonverbal Reasoning Ability (problem solving without the use of words), and Quantitative Reasoning Ability (reasoning within mathematical problems). Results are nationally-normed. More information is available at https://info.riversideinsights.com/hubfs/CitC/Overview_of_CogAT_for_Parents.pdf
Iowa Assessments (IA) - measures specific subject area content skills of reading comprehension and mathematical problem solving. Results are nationally normed.
NWEA MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) - measures what students know in reading and math, regardless of their grade level. Results are nationally normed. More information is available at https://www.nwea.org/family-toolkit/
SC READY - annual statewide testing that assesses English/Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. This assessment is aligned to SC state standards and results are state normed. More information is available at https://ed.sc.gov/tests/middle/sc-ready/information-f or-parents/