Qualifying for Challenge

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Qualifying for Challenge
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Qualifying Scores

• There are three dimensions used to identify
  students who qualify for Challenge Aptitude,
  Achievement, and Performance. In most cases, a
  student must have one qualifying item in two
  different dimensions.
• The only exception is when a childs composite
  aptitude score is 96NP (National Percentile) or
  greater. If this is the case, no other scores
  are required.

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Dimension A

• Cognitive Abilities Test (CogATgiven to all of
  our second graders) or another approved aptitude
  test
• Verbal 93 NP or higher
• Nonverbal 93 NP or higher
• Quantitative 93 NP or higher
• Composite 93 NP or higher

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Dimension B

• MAP, PACT, ITBS, or another nationally normed
  achievement test
• Math 94 NP or higher
• Reading Comprehension 94 NP or higher
• Advanced on PACT in the area (s) math or reading

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Dimension C

• Performance Tasks Test
• This test is given only if the student (s) have
  met one of the other dimensions and has been
  assessed and still does not qualify for
  challenge. This test is given in the spring.
  (March 5- 16, 2007)
• Grade 2 16/20 in Verbal or Nonverbal
• Grade 3 18/20 in Verbal or Nonverbal
• Grade 4 16/20 in Verbal or 22/28 in Nonverbal
• Grade 5 18/20 in Verbal or 25/28 in Nonverbal
• End of 6th grade GPA of 3.75 or higher.

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In Short-You Must Meet Two Out of the Three
Criteria
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Real Life

• You can be twice exceptional.
• You can be an A student and not qualify for
  Challenge.
• You can qualify for Challenge and choose not to
  be served.
• We are a state funded program and have to serve
  each grade a certain amount of minutes. Two
  hundred minutes for fourth and fifth grade and
  one hundred twenty-five minutes for third grade.
  
• No! Challenge students will not make all As and
  be gifted in all subjects.

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Things You Can Do in the Classroom.

• Do not allow early finishers tutor other students
  or file papers.
• Websites that students can do in the Class
  www.coolmath4kids.com a great website for all
  students. This website has higher order thinking
  math games on it like Lemonade stand and Rush-
  free.
• Logic puzzles- You can go to www.logicpuzzles.com
  and print premade puzzles for the students to
  do- free.
• The newspaper has crossword puzzles that they can
  do to build their vocabulary.
• The Suduko puzzles are wonderful for the students
  to do. You can get those free as well on
  http//www.activityvillage.co.uk/sudoku_for_kids.h
  tm
• www.eduplace.com have wonderful activities for
  all students to do for free- Science, math,
  social studies, and language arts.
• The Mad-Libs helps teach students the parts of
  speech.

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The End!!

• Thank you for your patience as I try to make sure
  the Challenge schedule works.
• Thanks also for being flexible when additional
  testing has to be done.