Grade 2 Gifted and
Talented Assessment
State Board of Education regulation 43-220 requires the administration of assessments measuring cognitive, academic, and/or artistic abilities to identify students for district gifted and talented programs. The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) provides an aptitude and an achievement assessment for this purpose.
This fall, South Carolina Grade 2 students will take the Iowa Assessments, Form G, Level 7, and the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), Form 8, Level 8.
Verbal Battery
Quantitative Battery
Nonverbal Battery
* All nine tests are combined to obtain a Composite Aptitude score. |
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Required SubtestsReading
Mathematics
* All three reading subtests need to be completed to receive a total Reading score. The Reading subtests are listed in online testing as Reading: Part 1 and Reading: Part 2. |
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Optional Iowa SubtestsCore Battery
Districts may choose to administer additional tests included in the Iowa Assessments that are not required for the South Carolina Grade 2 Gifted and Talented Assessment Program; however, the optional tests must be administered after the required tests have been completed. |
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