• Serves students who score at the top 98%

• Students are tested at the end of 2nd grade in all Title 1 schools
• GATE serves grades 3rd through 5th
• Student can retest within 6 months, but each student only has two chances
• Once a student qualifies there is no need to retest
• Depending on the school
• Pullout program
• Inclusion Program
• If the student does not qualify for GATE they may qualify for TAGS which is a program for
students who score between 90-97 percentile
• Clark County also serves Highly Gifted students from K-12
 NNAT 3 KBIT 1 or KBIT 2
Students take this on a computer Administered by a specialist
• Uses abstract shapes and designs
• Reasoning and problem solving skills
• 48 questions
• 30 minutes
• Doesn’t require the student to read, write,
or speak.
• Fair and appropriate
• Individually administered
• Intelligence measurement
• 20 minutes
• Verbal knowledge (receptive vocabulary)
• Riddles (verbal comprehension, reasoning,
and vocabulary knowledge).
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Asks questions and identifies problems
• Generates multiple alternative solutions
• Selects best alternative to solve problems
• Creative Thinking Skills
• Generates ideas
• Flexible thinker
• Original approach
• Learning Skills
• Commits to task
• Manages time effectively
• Explanation of thought process
• Group work
•Fluency
•Flexibility
•Team work
•Problem solving skills
 CODE BLUE-
BIALORUCKI’S 4TH GRADE GATE CLASS
• 30 Students were separated
into 6 groups.

• 5 Students per group

• They were asked to become

specialist

• They were given a series of tasks

1. Students were asked to become experts
2. Students were asked to write an essay
3. Each group worked together to create
1. A model
2. A poster
4. Students were expected to pass a test to prove their
expertise
5. Students then presented the information to their teacher
Students are graded on
• Critical Thinking
Skills
• Creative Thinking Skills

• Learning skills
 What percentage does the
When are CCSD Student need to score into for What test are administered
2ndtested
Students grade for the inclusion98
intopercentile
th
the CCSD GATE NNAT3,
for inclusion KBIT
into the GATE
GATE program? Program? Program?

A Title One Alternative Service No, they are coded as GATE

Students can retest for GATE Do students have to requalify
for students that
TAGSscore between 6 months students until the program ends
after how long? yearly?
the 90%-97%? in 6th grade

According to the video Teaching

Critical thinking
What skills doesskills,
the creative
CCSD Gifted Students, by Lauren B, Flexibility, fluency, problem solving
18%-25% Students in Gate will learn?
thinking
GATE skills, grade
teacher and learning skills
students on? what percentage of gifted skills and teamwork
students drop out of school?
 Works Cited
Hunter, Julie. “GATE program information” 16 Nov. 2017. jswhite@interact.ccsd.net

“Teaching Gifted Students.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 Nov. 2015,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur64bToMpv4.

Powell, Karen. “GATE Information.” Nov. 2017. MyFunTeacher.com,

www.myfunteacher.com/gate-information.html.