Nomination forms are completed by teacher(s) and parent(s).

Parents sign “Permission to Review” form.

Records collected by screening may include any of the following:

• Achievement test scores

• Anecdotal records

• Aptitude test scores

• Learning styles

• Report cards

• Sample of student works

• Special needs or ESOL information

• Student interview and/or observation

General criteria for the evaluation of data:

• Ranks in the top 10% in classroom screening activities

• Consistently rated by teachers as achieving in the above average or outstanding range

• Scores at the 97th percentile rank on standardized achievement test(s)

• Typically produces work that demonstrates thinking abilities beyond the level of one’s own peers

• Scores on an abbreviated IQ test (e.g. Wechsler abbreviated scale of intelligence)

• Final analysis -- all test scores and ratings need to be evaluated

• Single score does not by itself determine placement in ESP

• Decision on student selection is the collective professional judgment of the ESP Committee

Notification about the committee’s recommendation will be made to parents.