G.A.T.E. Parent NightWelcome to Etiwanda Colony’s

GATE Qualifications

Differentiated Instruction for GATE Students

Enrichment Programs

Tonight’s Agenda

ESD GATE Qualifications

Students qualify for GATE in Etiwanda by meeting either of the following criteria on the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test):

Composite Percentile Rank Score of 90 or higher

   Student Age Score of 128 or higher in any area (verbal, quantitative, nonverbal).

Composite Percentile Rank Score

This score is a broad comparison of your child’s performance on the CogAT to all of the students in the same grade who took the test nationally. 

Percentile Rank is a scale from 1-99.  A score of 50%ile rank is right in middle of the curve and is considered average. 

We use the 90th %ile rank as the minimum cut point for GATE identification.  A percentile rank score of 90 means that your child scored equal to or better than 90% of the students who took the test.  

Standard Age Score

This is an age comparison that compares students who are born within the same month interval. 

The SAS is additionally broken down into the three test sections (Quantitative, Verbal and Non Verbal).  With this score we take all three areas into consideration for GATE identification simply because a child may or may not be gifted in all three areas but perhaps in one area. 

We are looking for any SAS score equal to or greater than 128.  According to the publisher of the CogAT, an SAS score of 100 is considered the mean or average score.

Differentiated Instruction

Bloom’s Taxonomy Combined with the 4 Depths of

Knowledge levels from routine and conceptual thinking, to strategic and extended reasoning.

Universal Access Done weekly to target the learning

needs of GATE/advanced, proficient, underperforming, and English learner students.

Differentiated Instruction Cont.

Differentiation Strategies Thinking Skills Development▪ Critical, Creative, Problem-Solvers, Big

ideas, etc. Content▪ Depth and Complexity

Resources▪ Multiple, Varied, and Advanced

Product▪ Scholarly, Challenging, etc.

Enrichment Programs

Battle of the BooksScience FairGATE Field TripSTEM (Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Math) Accelerated ReaderOdyssey of the Mind???Sylvan Coding AcademyRobotics League (Optional)

Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind is dependent on Parent Volunteers as coaches

Volunteer Hours and weekly obligation for

meetings Time and travel on weekends Cost of travel, gas, food Could include hotel and airfare, not to

mention time away from work = all voluntary from parent – no fundraising.

Odyssey of the Mind

TEAMS: Teams meet every week after school on

site Days will be decided by what works best

for coach and team All teams need a Coach and preferably an

Asst. Coach Teams are limited to 7 students Each team must also have one Judge Perm. Slip and contract from ea. student

Odyssey of the Mind

Coaches: In charge of 7 students who will

work together with NO OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE from adults. Coach supports and guides, but does not give answers or suggest ideas.

Coaches need to be fingerprintedCoaches need to attend training Judges need to attend training

Odyysey of the Mind

Expenses:Will include – costumes, props,

backdrops, etc. (This is minimal as we are limited on what we are allowed to spend.)

Driving, food, time to and from competitions:▪ Regional in Palm Desert on Saturday, March

7▪ State in Riverside on Saturday, March 28th

Thank You for coming!