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Second Grade

All second grade students will be tested for GATE identification using the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices during a district wide testing window beginning in January. Parents will be notified as we get closer to the assessment window. Testing must be conducted in-person and parents/guardians have the option to opt their child out of testing.

Referral for 3rd-8th Grade Students

3rd through 8th grade students must be referred to the GATE identification process by a teacher, parent/guardian, and/or school administrator during the GATE identification window. Interested parents should contact their child's teacher or the school office to initiate the referral process. Any referred student must submit a signed parent/guardian permission form. Students who submit a signed referral packet will be scheduled to take Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. Testing must be conducted in-person in the classroom.

GATE Test Results

GATE results will be mailed to parent/guardian in the spring, at the end of the GATE identification process (see GATE flyer). 

GATE Identification Process

How a student is identified for GATE depends on their grade. Second-grade students are tested automatically during a district-wide window, while students in grades 3 through 8 are identified by referral.

How Students Are Identified

Second Grade

All second-grade students are tested automatically — no referral is needed. Testing uses the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices during a district-wide window beginning in January. Parents are notified as the assessment window approaches.

Testing is conducted in person, and parents or guardians may opt their child out of testing.

Grades 3–8 — Referral

Students in grades 3 through 8 must be referred during the GATE identification window by a teacher, parent or guardian, and/or school administrator. To begin a referral, contact your child's teacher or the school office.

Every referred student must submit a signed parent/guardian permission form. Referred students then take the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, conducted in person in the classroom.

Referral & Permission Form (Grades 3–8)

GATE Test Results

GATE results are mailed to parents and guardians in the spring, at the end of the GATE identification process. For referral steps, testing dates, and deadlines, see the GATE Screening page.