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Understanding Gifted Program Requirements in Kentucky: A Guide for Educators

This summary provides an overview of Kentucky's state law requirements for identifying gifted students in the primary levels and beyond. Emphasizing an informal selection process at the primary level, the document lays out the necessary criteria for gifted identification, including teacher recommendations and various forms of evidence. After 4th grade, a formal identification process begins, requiring specific test scores and documentation. This guide serves as an essential resource for educators involved in gifted programming and student assessment.

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Understanding Gifted Program Requirements in Kentucky: A Guide for Educators

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  1. A Summary Understanding G/T Test Scores Summarized by Jodi Dodd GT Coordinator ACE

  2. Kentucky State Law Requirements: Students in Gifted programming should show giftedness in at least one of the following:

  3. PRIMARY LEVEL: Before 4th Grade • Primary Talent Pool (PTP) In Kentucky, all schools must have an informal selection process at the primary level, supported by teacher recommendation, and a committee. • Students must have 3 of the following: • A collection of evidence demonstrating student performance • Inventory checklists of behaviors specific to giftedness. • Diagnostic data • Continuous progress data • Anecdotal records • Available formal test data • Parent interview or questionnaire • Review from a committee recommendation • Petition system and other valid reliable documentation

  4. AFTER 4th GRADE: Formal Identification • The selection process for QUEST • begins when the student is in • 4th grade. (Testing in 3rd grade.) • 3 pieces of documentation for this • level are also needed. • The difference: One of these MUST be a score of 96 or above on a • nationally normed test: • Met 8/Stanford (Academic) OR OLSAT (General Intellect) • AND 2 of the Following Pieces of Evidence:

  5. The Big Tests: What information is on these Tests: Stanford or Metropolitan 8 Academic Achievement: What kids know about school subjects: Reading/Vocab Math/Computation/Problem Solving Language/Grammar Yield: Levels of Specific Areas as well as Total Battery (everything together) Otis Lenon (OLSAT) General Intellectual: Assess abilities a student perceives, recognizes and remembers: Relationships between words Recall Following Directions Detecting Likenesses Solving Math Critical Thinking Problem Solving YIELD: National Comparison by AGE

  6. The Big Tests: How to Read Test Results: Eligibility for QUEST: Stanford: 96% on TB or PB OR OLSAT: 96% on NP by AGE

  7. FCPS Options Qualified? Now what? 3rd, 4th, 5th: Quest at ACE, Ashland Accelerated Cluster, SCAPA Middle School: Winburn Accelerated Cluster High School: Henry Clay HS SCAPA Dunbar HS

  8. Use the Website Athens-Chilesburg Website Staff Jodi Dodd http://staff.fcps.net/jdodd/

  9. Sternberg, R. J., Grigorenko, E. L., Torff, E. L., & Jarvin, L. (2004). Modern theories of intelligence applied to assessment of abilities, instructional design, and knowledge-based assessment. Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut. Coleman. L.J.; & Cross, T. L. (2005). Being Gifted in School. (2nd edi.) Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. Kentucky State Law: 704KAR, 3:285, Programs for the gifted and Talented. www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/704/003/285 Sources

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