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The document provides information about gifted and talented (GATE) programs. It defines GATE as programs for students who demonstrate outstanding aptitude or achievement. It describes how students are identified for GATE, including testing in second grade. It explains the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test and Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test used to assess students. The document outlines what activities students participate in for GATE, like extended projects. It also lists some famous people who were gifted, such as Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Bill Gates.

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The Gifted and Talented Revised 1

The document provides information about gifted and talented (GATE) programs. It defines GATE as programs for students who demonstrate outstanding aptitude or achievement. It describes how students are identified for GATE, including testing in second grade. It explains the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test and Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test used to assess students. The document outlines what activities students participate in for GATE, like extended projects. It also lists some famous people who were gifted, such as Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Bill Gates.

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Frank Jo

Roster #14
EDU 202 The Gifted and Talented
Outline
• What is GATE?
• How to identify a student who might qualify for the GATE
program?
• Steps for selection and enrollment
• What kind of questions are on the GATE test?
• What do you do in GATE?
• What's on the GATE progress report?
• Famous gifted students
What is GATE?

GATE stands for Gifted and Talented


Education. Gifted Education refers to the
special practices, procedures and theories
used in the education of children who have
been identified as gifted or talented.
The National Association for Gifted Children
(NAGC) defines gifted as "individuals who
demonstrate outstanding aptitude (an
exceptional ability to learn or reason) or
competence (documented performance or
achievement in the top 10% of the population)
in one or more domains."
How to identify a student who might qualify for the GATE program?

The current federal definition of gifted students was originally developed in the 1972
Maryland Report to Congress, and has been modified several times since then. The
current definition, which is located in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is:

Students, children, or youth who give evidence of


high achievement capability in areas such as
intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership
capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who
need services and activities not ordinarily provided
by the school in order to fully develop those
capabilities.
Steps for selection and enrollment

• Since GATE services start in 3rd grade, it is important to identify


second grade students who will be in the GATE program at the start
of the new school year. At Title 1 schools, all second grade students
participate in online GATE screening in January & February. Second
grade students who score at or above the 98th percentile on the
NNAT-3 online assessment qualify for GATE services (which begin in
third grade). Second grade students who score at or above the 80th
percentile on the screening are considered GATE referrals and will
be tested by the GATE Specialist.
• GATE and TAGS students do not retest every year. Once a student
qualifies for gifted services, they are coded in the CCSD computer
system as GATE or TAGS. Gifted coding stays with a student through
elementary school. There is no GATE program in middle school.
Usually, GATE students enroll in accelerated or advanced classes. 
Although anyone can refer a student to the GATE Program, referrals are
usually made by a teacher or parent. After receiving a referral, the GATE
Specialist reviews the student's cumulative records and current
classroom data to determine the appropriateness of the referral. A
CCSD student can only be tested twice for GATE, with the second test
occurring at least 6 months after the initial test. 

GATE testing is done throughout the year, August through April. The
first part of the GATE test (NNAT-3) is done in groups of 1-4 students
and takes about 30 minutes to complete. The second part of the GATE
test (KBIT-2) is conducted individually and takes about 20 minutes.
When testing is complete, test documents are sent for review. It usually
takes a couple of weeks for students to get their test results.
What kind of questions are on the GATE test?

The Clark County School District uses two assessments to determine eligibility for GATE: the Naglieri
Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT). Depending on their
scores, students qualify for GATE, TAGS, or no gifted services. Since GATE testing measures general
intellectual ability and intelligence, there's no way to study for the GATE test.

Naglieri non-verbal test-3rd Edition

The NNAT-3 uses abstract shapes and designs to assess a student's nonverbal reasoning and general
problem solving skills. The NNAT-3 has 48 questions and takes about 30 minutes to complete. The
items on this test assess ability without requiring the student to read, write, or speak. Because of its
design, the NNAT-3 is fair and appropriate for students with hearing, language, motor, or color vision
impairments.​

Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test 2nd Edition

The KBIT-2 is an individually administered measure of intelligence that takes about 20 minutes to
complete. The Clark County School District uses two components of the KBIT-2 to determine GATE
eligibility: verbal knowledge (receptive vocabulary) and riddles (verbal comprehension, reasoning, and
vocabulary knowledge).
What do you do in GATE?
• To dig deeper into their grade level curriculum, GATE students work on projects that last for extended
periods of time, have multiple components, and require interacting with other students in order to
complete them. To set students up for success, all of our activities focus on four learning objectives.

• 1. I am learning how to be a problem solver


• who thinks and tries before giving up or asking for help.
•
2. I am learning how to be a more efficient team member
• ​who talks to and works with a partner.
•
3. I am learning how to be a flexible thinker
• who can let go of an idea and move on to another.
•
4. I am learning how to be a fluent thinker
• who generates and shares lots of ideas. LOOK AT HANDOUTS
These are just a few of the many gifted and talented people who have enriched the
world we live in. They are proof to our young gifted students, that they too have a
bigger purpose and can do anything.

Albert Einstein
Einstein had difficulty with social interactions, had tactile
sensitivity, was very intelligent, and had difficultly learning in
school. Many of his difficulties may have been because
accommodations for children with autism did not exist in his
time. His greatest achievements include his proposal of the special theory of relativity,
his concept of rest energy through his famous equation, and was awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1921.

Walt Disney
He had an extraordinary capacity to think spatially, to create,
perform, and to improve on everything. Disney was able to
come up with novel ideas using pictures to the exclusion of
linear thinking language.
Robin Williams
Twice exceptional, Robin Williams was gifted and had ADHD.
His intensity, sensitivity, and search for meaning of life is a
characteristic of many gifted people. His movies "Dead Poets
Society" and "Good Will Hunting" portrayed the social and
emotional needs and conflicts of gifted and talented people.
Robin battled with addiction and depression throughout his life
and he lost this internal battle to suicide in 2014.

Bill Gates
Bill was a voracious reader as a child. He blossomed in
nearly all subjects, excelling in math and science. Bill
scored 1590 out of 1600 in the college SAT test. Bill
was the CEO of Microsoft and is self-made billionaire.
Citations
• Powell, K. (2020, March) GATE information.
https://www.myfunteacher.com/gate-information.html

• Davidson, P (2020, January) Nevada - Clark County School District Gifted and Talented
Education (GATE) Program (Las Vegas, NV).
http://www.davidsongifted.org/search-database/entry/r12465

• Wiley, J. (2020, January) Famous Gifted People by Jennifer Wiley.


https://prezi.com/ky3gnx5fpvcz/famous-gifted-people/

• WFAA (2019, January 30) Meet the youngest Mensa member in the country. He's 2
[video file]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/_wvf48V6vQY

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