GATE Informational Meeting 2015

GATE Testing  Grade 2: Universal – all enrolled 2nd grade students are tested.  Grades 3-5: New to the district students and students not previously tested are tested.  Grade 5: Re-test: Students must meet re-test criteria (see below).  Re-test Criteria:  Cluster – Students tested once who were not GATE identified: Initial Raven score of 85% or above and/or at least TWO Advanced CST scores (any year/all subjects).  Seminar – Students tested once and identified as GATE Cluster: At least FIVE Advanced CST scores (any year/all subjects).

GATE Testing  San Diego Unified School District uses the Raven Progressive Matrices test. It is an untimed, non-verbal, spatial reasoning test that becomes progressively more difficult as the student works through the test. Scoring is normative and based on the student’s age.

GATE Criteria  Range of 98 – 99.9 to be identified  99.9 to qualify for seminar  99.6 or higher to qualify for seminar with a factor  Three factors:  Economic – Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch  Language – Overall proficiency level of Beginner, Early Intermediate or Intermediate  Disability – Active IEP or 504 Plan

GATE Programs  GATE Cluster Program – Diversity Model used in all of the La Jolla Cluster schools  A cluster of 25% or more of GATE students within each classroom  Taught by a GATE certified teacher  GATE Seminar Program –  GATE Seminar qualified and high RAVEN, high achieving students  Taught by a GATE certified teacher

GATE Seminar  Accelerated program  Increased rigor  Increased complexity  Make up of classroom  GATE strategies employed, e.g. Socratic Seminar

GATE Students Given Opportunity to Join Seminar  School Site GATE Committee  GATE team leader, psychologist, principal  Based on criteria set by the site  High Raven Score  High Performance  Motivation/Curiosity/Divergent thinking

GATE Concerns  Parent concerns/questions about GATE assessment, including, but not limited to, re-testing, make-ups, changing identification, programs, choice schools, and existing criteria all handled by the school site team. ALL issues/complaints/decisions are dealt with at the school site level through our GATE Committee.