Gifted Education Testing Guidelines

The following are addressed in Bixby Public School District

Gifted Education Policy

Definition of Gifted and TalentedThe statutory definition of the gifted and talented states:"Gifted and talented children" • children identified as having demonstrated potential abilities of high

performance capability and • needing differentiated or accelerated education or services• "demonstrated abilities of high performance capability" means those

identified students who score in the top three percent (97% and above) on any nationally standardized test of intellectual ability

Gifted is a measure of ability, not academic achievement.High Achievers are different

than Gifted.

General District Policies• school district shall identify and serve students

who score at or above the 97th percentile on a nationally standardized test of intellectual ability…

• …school district may utilize other evaluation mechanisms such as, but not limited to, teacher referrals in lieu of standardized testing measures. [70 O.S. 1210-301]

• Bixby only uses OCCT advanced scores to nominate for testing and/or to place a student in GT as Multicriteria with 96%

• Transfer students may qualify with proof of assessment and scores from other standardized tests such as CoGat, WISC, etc.

• Transfer students that do not provide documentation of scores meeting Bixby policy must be assessed

Tests UsedOtis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)• OLSAT measures verbal, quantitative, and figural

reasoning skills most closely related to scholastic achievement.

• abilities assessed through performance on such tasks as detecting similarities and differences, solving analogies and matrixes, classifying, and determining sequence.

• These tasks address higher levels of Bloom’s • The OLSAT is a 72 question timed test (40 minutes

total). Unanswered question s are counted as incorrect• The OLSAT is grade specific• Students’ scores are calculated according to age

group norms; a 10yr 3mo 4th grader is in the same norm group as a 5th grader the same age

Kaufmann Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT)• KBIT measures verbal and nonverbal intelligence• verbal subsection assesses a person’s word

knowledge, range of general information, verbal concept formation, and reasoning ability

• nonverbal subsection assesses an individual’s ability to perceive relationships and complete visual analogies.

• nonverbal test items involve pictures or abstract designs rather than words.

• KBIT is not timed and not grade specific (ages 4-90!)

• students have a starting point based on attained age

• there is a “discontinue” rule & students are not required to answer all questions

• KBIT is given in a 1 on 1 setting & the test administartor records all responses

• Non-verbal addresses higher levels of Bloom• KBIT also uses age level norming groups

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test 2 (NNAT2)• The NNAT2 measures general ability using

test questions that require the student to solve visual analogies or progressive matrices.

• The NNAT2 may be administered individually or in a group assessment by the use of a computer.

• It is used only under very specific circumstances: 1. a student has achieved a total or composite score at the 96th percentile on the OLSAT or KBIT. 2. A student is a member of an under-represented group such as ELL with additional evidence of high ability.

• NNAT is grade specific & timed• Rarely given; only to determine if a

student moves from Multicriteria (96%) to top 3%