GATE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Demonstrate exceptional or accelerated intellectual development:
Intellectual ability may refer to verbal or nonverbal ability. Each school year, students are tested who are recommended by staff, parents, or test score indicators. The RAVEN Progressive Matrices is preferred because it is a nonverbal educative thinking test. It tests logical and analytical thinking ability. Scores of 95% and above are considered intellectually superior. For students for whom English is their primary language, the OLSAT (Otis-Lennon School Ability Test) is occassionally given instead of the Ravens.
Specific Academic Ability:
Consistently exhibit advanced ideas and products and/or score exceptionally high on achievement tests in a specific area.
One criterion considered for identification is 95^th percentile or above in Total Reading, Total Language, or Total Math on CAT-6, SABE or equivalent achievement battery. This high score may indicate the need for modifications beyond the regular curriculum grade level offerings. Lower test scores may be considered to provisionally identify students along with recommendations, work samples and classroom performance examples.

Demonstrate exceptional creative thinking abilities:
Creative ability will be assessed through creativity checklists, work samples and recommendations. Students in this category may receive an Identification or Provisional Identification based on the multiple measures.