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Important GAL Parent/Guardian Information
Baltimore City Public Schools
Identification Process
How are gifted and advanced learners identified?
City Schools adheres to the requirements stipulated by Maryland regulations (COMAR 13A.04.07) and uses multiple indicators in the identification of gifted and advanced learners. Specifically, City Schools uses nationally normed ability assessments—either the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT2) or the Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)—as an initial identifier and then uses data from nationally normed achievement assessments in mathematics and reading—typically PARCC, i-Ready, or the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP)—to formally identify students.
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Gifted learners are those students whose ability and achievement scores fall in the 90th to 99th percentile range (level 5 on PARCC in both ELA and math), while Advanced learners are those students whose ability and achievement scores fall in the 80th to 89th percentile range (level 4 on PARCC in both ELA and math). City Schools also uses motivation scales (GES-3) and creativity assessments (Torrance) in limited cases when students pre-qualify in only one of the two categories of ability or achievement. Similar percentile range scores (90th-99th or 80th-89th) must be obtained to complete the formal identification process for those students. City Schools also identifies students for talent development when their ability scores exceed the national average but they do not yet have achievement scores, which might qualify them as advanced or gifted.
Parent Online Referral form for Evaluation
http://www.k12insight.com/survey.aspx?k=SsUVRYsSUSSsPsPsP&lang=0&data=
If you feel you or your child may be a gifted or advanced learner, please complete and submit the only referral form found by clicking the link above. The Gifted and Advanced Learning department in City Schools’ Academics Office will review and forward the form to your child’s school. You will be notified about the status of the submission at each stage of the process.
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GAL Parent Survey: All GAL parents must complete this survey below before October 31st. Please email Ms. Phenicie (mphenicie@blsyw.org) when the survey is completed.
https://tinyurl.com/GALparent (English)
https://tinyurl.com/GALPadre (Spanish)
