Talented And Gifted

Parents will receive information on how to indicate their preference for the CogAT in the early building- or principal-newsletters next year. Please plan to read those newsletters in the fall. 

No. Once a student is identified as TAG, that TAG identification follows them throughout K-12 in our district.

No, students cannot take the same test in consecutive years. 

Each of the NGAT sections (Nonverbal, Verbal and Quantitative) all get their own valid score that can be used to support TAG identification. 
According to the schedule, we will be testing students every year with a different section of the test, as a universal assessment. 

• 3rd graders will take the NGAT-Nonverbal in their classroom
• 4th graders will take the NGAT-Verbal in their classroom
• 5th graders will take the NGAT-Quantitative in their classroom

Every effort is made to test students who are absent on the day that their class is tested. 

Your child's school itself is the source of that information.

Because students will take the tests during class time, you cannot request that your student take the test in an earlier year. 

• 3rd graders will take the NGAT-Nonverbal.
• 4th graders will take the NGAT-Verbal.
• 5th graders will take the NGAT-Quantitative.

• For eligible students from Cedar Park, Five Oaks and Meadow Park
• Elementary Feeders: Barnes, Beaver Acres, Bethany, Elmonica, McKinley, Oak Hills (west of Bethany Blvd), Ridgewood, Rock Creek, West TV, William Walker

• For eligible students from Stoller
• Elementary Feeders: Jacob Wismer, Sato, Springville

• For eligible students from Conestoga, Highland Park, Mountain View and Whitford
• Elementary Feeders: Aloha Huber Park, Chehalem, Cooper Mountain, Errol Hassell, Fir Grove, Greenway, Hazeldale, Hiteon, Kinnaman, McKay, Montclair, Nancy Ryles, Raleigh Hills, Raleigh Park, Scholls Heights, Sexton Mountain, Vose

• For eligible students from Tumwater
• Elementary Feeders: Bonny Slope, Cedar Mill, Findley, Oak Hills (east of Bethany Blvd), Terra Linda

Note: Students are enrolled in the specific school designated by their physical address. If you want to attend a different school's Summa program, you would have to be eligible for and work through the standard transferring process for any BSD student. 

Class sizes depend on school site and program enrollment, which vary year to year. 

While students in the Summa program receive support in their core classes, they are part of the broader school community and have the opportunity to engage with peers in other parts of the school day.

No. Specific learning targets are established for all BSD courses by grade level, Summa classes follow these same learning targets. Summa is intended to provide a differentiated, challenging experience aligned to grade level learning targets that meets the cognitive, emotional, and social needs of eligible students. 

The Beaverton School District provides ongoing professional development to all teachers in differentiation strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners. 

This is teacher and content dependent. Any homework should be an extension of concepts learned in class.

There is no Summa program in high school.

Summa is a BSD-created program, designed for a subset of TAG-identified 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Summa is intended to provide a differentiated, challenging experience aligned to grade level learning targets that meets the cognitive, emotional, and social needs of eligible students.

Families will be notified and invited after their student is found eligible, no later than the last day before Winter Break. Families will need to indicate to the district whether their child will participate in January of their 5th grade year.

Summa-eligible 5th graders are not asked to commit to Summa program before the Option School lottery. Like all students, Summa-eligible students may apply for one Learning Option. After the Option Schools decisions have been communicated, parents and students will need to make their choice between an Option School or Summa. 

Students can confirm or commit to Summa and remain on an Option School waitlist. If they are offered a spot at an option school, that's when they have to decide between Summa and the Option school spot.

Summa eligibility remains valid until a student's 8th grade year starts. If students have turned down their spot in Summa, but change their mind for the next year, parents should contact the registrar at the building of the specific Summa program in the spring in order to reclaim a Summa spot for the fall. 

The Naglieri General Ability Tests (NGAT) are picture based and include no oral or written language. This change allows us to better identify all students who may be Talented and Gifted. 

After school year 2025-26, we will no longer administer the CogAT.

For 2026-27, we will no longer use CogAT scores as a part of TAG identification. Scores from the CogATs taken in 2025-26 will be considered for Summa eligibility.

Starting 2027-28, the CogAT will not be used as support for TAG identification or Summa eligibility. 

Yes. These tests will be given in class by their classroom teacher. All students will take them.