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Summa Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria:

1. live within the Beaverton School District boundaries
2. be TAG Identified as outlined by OAR 581-022-1310
3. perform on a recently administered (within two years) standardized, nationally normed test, meeting the following criteria:

Tests administered to Beaverton School District students that are used for Summa eligibility:

Test Name	Type of Test	Who Takes It?	Dates Administered
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)	Cognitive Ability	All students in grades 3 & 5 Referred students in grades 4, 6 & 7for TAG Eligibility	October-November
IOWA (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) Reading and Math Tests	Reading & Math Achievement	Referred students for TAG Eligibility	Annually: November-January
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)	Cognitive Ability	Referred students for TAG Eligibility	Annually: November-December

**Test scores from psychologists or agencies outside a school district will not be accepted.
***Ability and achievement test scores administered by BSD psychologists for the purposes of SpED eligibility will be accepted.

Testing
For fifth grade students tested outside the Beaverton School District, but within a school system, results from a recently administered (within two years), acceptable (e.g., meets professional standards for technical adequacy), standardized, nationally normed test of mental ability and/or academic achievement will be accepted if the scores meet the criteria.

• If recent (within two years), scores from within a school system are available, no testing will be administered.
• When no test scores from a school system are available, the NNAT and/or Iowa Test of Basic Skills will be administered by District Personnel. Test scores from psychologists or agencies outside a school district will not be accepted. To request testing, parents must nominate a 5th grade student using a nomination form available online at /home/departments/instruction/talented-and-gifted/. Dates for testing will be communicated by letter to each applicant.

TAG Identification
In addition, students attending school outside the BSD will be required to provide a teacher recommendation, including behavioral, learning and/or performance information for TAG identification purposes. A District committee will meet to determine TAG eligibility the last school day of each month.

Accepted Tests for Summa Eligibility for students tested outside the Beaverton School District (Test scores from psychologists or agencies outside a school district will not be accepted).

Cognitive Ability Tests	Achievement Tests
Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test (OLSAT)	Terra Nova Achievement Test
Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test	Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)	Stanford Achievement Test
Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS/2)	Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R)	Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery	California Achievement Test (CAT)
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (revised)	Supera
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC)	Aprenda
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
C-Toni
Ravens

• BSD students applying for Summa must follow application deadlines determined annually by the Learning Options Placement Office.
• Students who become eligible for Summa after the application deadline will be given the option for placement in Summa where space is available.