Nomination forms are made available to all teachers, parents, and students. (See counselor, ALPHA teacher, or this site for the Nomination Form, Parent Observation Form, etc.). This information is publicized in local newspapers, on Channel 98, included in school newsletters, web pages, and flyers posted at each campus. MISD does not offer assessment services to the general public, only registered McKinney ISD. students.
Teacher Inventories are distributed and returned to Alpha teacher or Counselor.
Student product samples or other qualitative measurements, such as Academic Rating Scales and other teacher observation forms, are gathered.
All eligible nominated students are tested in their primary language or using nonverbal tests. Any student who has been tested within one calendar year of nomination on a nationally-normed assessment may be exempt from further testing.
All available information is placed on the Student Profile Sheet. The Student Profile Sheet acts as a table of contents for the portfolio and allows the District Selection Committee to view data results as a whole.
District Selection Committees (elementary and secondary) meet to review nominations and make decisions on each. Members include administrators, counselor, GT Specialists, and Alpha classroom teachers, to include member (s)) ethnically representative of the student population. All members meet the requirement for state GT (Gifted and Talented) certification.
Students must qualify in a minimum of 5 of 7 categories for placement.
