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Spring 2023 Update: (April 10, 2023)
- Grade 2: Cognitive Ability test results are now available in your child's ParentVUE account under the test history tab. ALL grade 3 LCPS students are universally screened for small group gifted education in the spring of their third-grade year. Cognitive ability testing is just one component of that screening process for gifted services in gr4/5. Please refer to the LCPS gifted education page for more information on small group gifted services (beginning in gr4) known as FUSION and DCI language arts/math. LCPS gifted education link: https://www.lcps.org/Page/211705
- Grade 3: 2023 Elementary Gifted Evaluation Process - Spring Cycle Process: View Video Here. Spring eligibility results will be emailed to parents of students found eligible for gifted services (for the 23-24 school year) in early June 2023. No further information is available at this time.
- Grades 4 & 5: 2023 Elementary Gifted Evaluation Process - Spring Cycle Process: View Video Here Spring Eligibility results will be emailed to parents of students found eligible for gifted services (for the 23-24 school year) in early June 2023. No further information is available at this time.
February 2023 Update:-
3rd and 4th-grade students who did not have CogAT testing from their previous school will be tested in February/March 2023. Those scores will be published in ParentVUE in early April.
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4th-grade students whose parents requested reevaluations will start the eligibility process in February/March 2023.
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5th-grade DCI students will complete the CogAT testing & portfolio lessons in February/March 2023. The CogAT scores will be published in ParentVUE in early April.
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5th-grade students whose parents requested reevaluations for gifted services for their child's sixth-grade year will start the process in February/March 2023. The CogAT scores will be published in ParentVUE in early April.
Fall 2022 Update:
- Parents of students "NEW to LCPS in 2022-23 school year" (3rd, 4th, and 5th graders only): If your child is new to LCPS AND does not have a CogAT test on file, a "permission to test" form was sent home on October 6th in your child's Thursday folder. Please return the form no later than October 21st (the sooner the better. This permission form was only sent to a few specific parents and DOES not apply to most students.
- 5th-grade Information: The 5th-grade fall window for GT evaluations is open from September 12-30, 2022. That window has now passed and referrals will not occur again until Spring 2023. Please contact Ms. Sarman in February 2023 in regards to a referral for gifted screening for eligibility for grade 6. Please complete the referral form on the LCPS GT webpage if you would like to have your child evaluated. Return the HARD COPY of the referral in an envelope to Ms. Sarman's mailbox (GT education resource teacher).
- 4th-grade information (new to LCPS): The (new to LCPS) 4th-grade fall window for GT evaluations is open from September 12-30, 2022. That window has now passed and referrals will not occur again until September of 2023. Please complete this form if you would like to have your child evaluated next school year. Return the HARD COPY of the referral in an envelope to Ms. Sarman's mailbox (GT education resource teacher).
For additional information regarding the gifted programs offered and eligibility procedures, please see the Loudoun County Gifted and Talented webpage or send an email to gayle.sarman@lcps.org