Referral to Placement Process
The assessment procedure specified by the Mississippi Department of Education and the school district is two-fold. At the school level, three of the following criteria must be met, one of which MUST be the group intelligence test score:
PHASE 1
The Referral Phase includes documentation of three of the following:
group or individual achievement test 90th percentile minimum
group or individual achievement test 90th percentile minimum
published characteristics of giftedness measure score at or above the superior range
published measure of creativity score at or above the superior range
published measure of leadership score at or above the superior range
PHASE 2
If three criteria are documented, the Local Survey Committee recommends further assessment. During the Assessment Phase the Assessment Team collect, administers, and/or documents three of the following:
● a full scale score at or above the 90th percentile on a norm-referenced group measure of intelligence
● a score at or above the 90th percentile on a norm-referenced measure of characteristics of giftedness
● a score at or above the 90th percentile on a norm-referenced measure of characteristics of creativity
● a score at or above the 90th percentile on a norm-referenced measure of characteristics of leadership
● a score at or above the 90th percentile on a norm-referenced measure of cognitive abilities
● a score at or above the 90th percentile in select areas on a norm-referenced achievement test