• Gifted Dates

    2024-2025 School Year

    Gifted Testing

    • September 16th - October 2nd - Fall Testing 3rd-8th

      • Based on AZMERIT Data

    • January 13th - February 13th - Mid Year Testing 1st - 8th

      • Nominations Accepted December 9th - 20th

    • February 10th - 13th - 5th Grade Blanket Test

    • March 24th - 27th - 2nd Grade Blanket Test

    • April 22nd - May 16th - Spring Testing 

      • Kindergarten - 8th (except 2nd grade)

      • Nominations Accepted March 1st - 10th

     

    Family Nights

    • October 23rd - Gifted Family Night (Informational)

    • January 22nd - Gifted Family Night (Family Game Night)

    • April 9th -Gifted Family Night (STEM)

     

    Newsletters

    • Newsletters  will be emails to all teachers with gifted scholars. Teachers please email the newsletter to all families of gifted scholars.

    • Schools will be provided with a color copy to display as well as a black and white copy to make copies if needed.

    • Newsletter Dates

      • October 14th

      • January 13th

      • March 31st

     

    Field trip to Maryvale High School Gifted Academy - November

    • All 8th Grade Gifted students 

    • All 8th grade Atkinson Gifted Academy scholars

     

     

    Gifted Testing Instruments 

    What is the CogAT and What Does it Measure?

    The CogAT Test measures the level and pattern of cognitive development of a student compared to age mates and grade mates. These general reasoning abilities, which start developing at birth and continue through early adulthood, are influenced by experiences gained both in and out of school. 

    The CogAT measures three different cognitive abilities. 

    • The verbal section measures a child’s ability to remember and transform sequences of English words, to understand them and to make inferences and judgments about them. 

    • The quantitative section measures a child’s understanding of basic quantitative concepts and relationships. 

    • The non-verbal section measures reasoning using pictures and geometric shapes. This section reduces the impact of language on the student’s score. 

     

    What is the NNAT3 and what does it measure?

    The NNAT3 is a measure of a student's cognitive ability. A student need not read, write, or speak English in order to take part in the test. The NNAT3 is not a measure of classroom performance and is not correlated to the standards and content of focus in a student's current grade level.

    The NNAT utilizes shapes and figures to evaluate a child's problem-solving and reasoning abilities without relying on their language. It tests the ability to analyze visual information and solve problems based on visual reasoning. In other words, the NNAT assesses how a student thinks instead of what a student knows.