Assessments for South Carolina

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Assessments for South Carolinas Gifted
Talented Programs

• South Carolina Department of Education
• Rick Blanchard

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Agenda at a Glance

• Gifted Talented Identification
• Assessments - besides MAP and the PACT
  replacement test
• Who do you screen?
• Testing Schedule
• Regulations Update

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Gifted Talented Identification

• Three Dimensions
• Dimension A - Reasoning
• Non-verbal, Verbal, Quantitative, and/or
  Composite
• Dimension B - Achievement
• Reading Comprehension, Math Problem Solving,
  and/or Total Math
• Dimension C Performance
• STAR Performance Task Assessment
• Grades 7-12, GPA four core areas foreign
  language
• PERCENTILES Note

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Assessments

• Dimension A Reasoning
• Past five years CogAt (2nd graders)
• Others
• Dimension B Achievement
• PACT (most recent scores only in reading and/or
  math)
• Fall MAP scores in reading comprehension,
  mathematical problem solving , and/or total math
• Dimension C Performance
• STAR Performance Task Assessment (2nd 5th)

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Assessment Score Longevity

• Dimension A Reasoning
• - Two Academic Years
• Dimension B Achievement
• MAP Fall Only
• PACT/Replacement Most Recent Scores
• Dimension C Performance
• - STAR Performance Tasks

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Who do you screen?

• Students whose
• scores are imported into the GIFT software (GT
  coordinators) i.e. PACT scores and Fall MAP
  scores
• All second graders who are English proficient
  (state funded program)
• All students who show up in GIFT or who have a
  3.75 GPA (7th grade and above)
• New to the district
• Transition years

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Testing Schedule

• Data files early September
• Grade Two screening
• (first two weeks in November)
• Results hopefully by December 10
• Re-administer dimension A
• Submit list of dimension C candidates end of Jan
• Performance Task Assessments (March) Coordinate
  with Spring MAP