Gifted Screening

At times, we see students who demonstrate exemplary academic skills and appear to need additional challenging work beyond the general curriculum. If this describes your child, or a child in your classroom, you make want to inquire about having the student screened for the Enrichment Program.

Pennsylvania State Regulations regarding identification of a student as mentally gifted state that a student should demonstrate and IQ of 130 or above. Determination of eligibility, however, should not be based on IQ score alone. Other assessment techniques include achievement test scores, rates of acquisition and retention, demonstrated achievement, performance, or expertise, high level thinking skills, academic creativity, leadership, etc. Students with IQ’s slightly under 130 (mid to upper 120’s) may be determined to be eligible if multiple criteria indicate that the student demonstrates characteristics of a student with mental giftedness.

Using a brief measure of intelligence, the district can obtain information estimating the level on which a student is functioning. The screening takes 15-20 minutes. If, on the screening instrument, a student obtains a score of 125 or higher, the district will proceed with recommending a Gifted Multidisciplinary Evaluation (GMDE).

Parents who suspect their child is gifted may request a Gifted Multidisciplinary Evaluation at any time, but there is a limit of one request per school term.

For more information about gifted screenings, or to request a screening be completed on your child, please contact the School Psychologist directly at 776-4258.