TAG Identification and
Screening Overview
School Year 2023-2024
Talented and Gifted (TAG) Screening Information
PGCPS students will participate in a universal screening process for gifted and talented identification in Grade 1 and 4.
New registrants to PGCPS in grades 2, 3 and 5 will be tested.
Parents and Teachers may nominate students for TAG screening by January 15th.
Contact the TAG Coordinators or Middle School Professional School Counselor for screening.
Test data is valid for 2 years and TAG Coordinators can screen students using valid assessment data. Students with valid test data will not be retested.
TAG identification is a multiple criteria process including cognitive ability test data, achievement data, teacher checklist of gifted characteristics, and report card grades.
Parents/guardians may apply to the TAG Center Program via lottery DURING the screening process. Students MUST be TAG identified in order to receive placement into the TAG Center Program.
Test scores will be sent home from the school.
Please do not request test data from the TAG Office.
School-based TAG Coordinators will screen every student who scores 81 percentile or higher on the cognitive ability assessment.
Grade
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The specific Testing Window will be set by the school.
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Cognitive Ability Assessment
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1
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All 1st graders will be tested in November.
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Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) Booklet
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2
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New registrants will be tested in December.
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Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) Booklet
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3
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New registrants to PGCPS
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Otis Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) Booklet
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4
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All 4th graders (who are not TAG identified) will be tested in December.
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CogAT - online assessment
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5
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New registrants to PGCPS in 5th grade will be tested in December.
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CogAT - online assessment
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TAG Instructional Services
Students identified for gifted services will participate in the neighborhood school gifted program (Pull-out Program or TAG in the Regular Classroom (TRC) Program). Parents/guardians also have the option of applying to the TAG Center Lottery for participation in a TAG Center Program. The TAG Center School Programs offer a full-day advanced, enriched, and intensive instructional program to meet the unique and specialized needs of highly able students. Specially selected and trained teachers provide instruction. A TAG Center placement depends on a space-availability in accordance with lottery guidelines and program location is based on the student’s address. Lottery applications will be available from January 12, 2022 - April 6, 2022 at https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/.