The test that will be the first step in identifying my third grader for the school 'gifted' (I say that in quotes because they call it "merit") program that starts in 4th grade. They are taking the group ability test today, the InView test.
Since it's just for educational purposes, as Hoagie's said, it doesn't test all aspects of cognitive ability - mostly just reasoning abilities. Hoagie's indicates a CSI of 127+ to be gifted, though to be considered for the selection pool her school says you only need a CSI of 116+ and in addition to standardized test results and a Gates Reading Test (both given in the spring).I think she'll do fine on the reading test as she's been reading at the 6th-7th grade reading level for a while now.
I am unclear on whether or not we get results now or in the spring or ever. Because, according to the school district's information on the selection process, we won't get a letter of inclusion into the candidate pool until March, then it says after the subsequent testing in March and April, that a letter will be given to the parents of the selected children, and a letter with criteria and the students' scores and appeal information to those who don't get selected in June/July of next year.
It doesn't sound like they are planning on letting us know what the scores would be unless they don't get into the program.
Would it be considered inappropriate to ask how she did in a few weeks? I suppose it won't change anything I'm doing (which is to take her on neat field trips and encourage her reading and love of learning and help her use the internet to find information she wants to know about), except perhaps to give a little confirmation to what I have long suspected. So, yeah, for totally selfish reasons.
I've already told her that it doesn't really matter what she gets for a score, or if she gets included in the merit class. She's already gotten all the "good" teachers and she's been enjoying her class and what we do outside of class, so it seems to me, at this point, kind of moot.
But, since they are testing her, and I know what its for, I don't want to wait 'til next year to find out.
Since it's just for educational purposes, as Hoagie's said, it doesn't test all aspects of cognitive ability - mostly just reasoning abilities. Hoagie's indicates a CSI of 127+ to be gifted, though to be considered for the selection pool her school says you only need a CSI of 116+ and in addition to standardized test results and a Gates Reading Test (both given in the spring).I think she'll do fine on the reading test as she's been reading at the 6th-7th grade reading level for a while now.
I am unclear on whether or not we get results now or in the spring or ever. Because, according to the school district's information on the selection process, we won't get a letter of inclusion into the candidate pool until March, then it says after the subsequent testing in March and April, that a letter will be given to the parents of the selected children, and a letter with criteria and the students' scores and appeal information to those who don't get selected in June/July of next year.
It doesn't sound like they are planning on letting us know what the scores would be unless they don't get into the program.
Would it be considered inappropriate to ask how she did in a few weeks? I suppose it won't change anything I'm doing (which is to take her on neat field trips and encourage her reading and love of learning and help her use the internet to find information she wants to know about), except perhaps to give a little confirmation to what I have long suspected. So, yeah, for totally selfish reasons.
I've already told her that it doesn't really matter what she gets for a score, or if she gets included in the merit class. She's already gotten all the "good" teachers and she's been enjoying her class and what we do outside of class, so it seems to me, at this point, kind of moot.
But, since they are testing her, and I know what its for, I don't want to wait 'til next year to find out.
