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STUDENT COUNTS
Gifted Count
Dr. Jeanene Barnett, CCOSA Education Policy & Research Analyst Only those students identified as gifted before October 1 become part of the school district’s funding, so it is very important that you have a game plan to ensure a full count of any newly identified students before October 1 to maximize your state dollars. The identification and subsequent service of gifted students are carefully prescribed through Oklahoma Statutes and Oklahoma Administrative Code cited on page 19 of the OAC.
A gifted student receives a 0.34 weight in the Foundation and Salary Incentive Formula.
each nationally standardized test of intellectual ability technical manual. (OAC 210:15-23-1.2)
Schools receive funding based on their gifted student count through two categories.
b. No additional criteria are required for placement. Students can qualify for gifted services through either group or individual tests of ability.
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Category One students are those identified by their performance on an aptitude test, or nationally standardized test of intellectual ability. Schools will receive funding for ALL Category One students. There is no cap for the number of students identified and served through Category One. a. Students must score in the top 3% on any nationally standardized test of intellectual ability. This means a composite, total or full scale score in the 97th percentile or above, including the standard error of measure as denoted in
i. Group tests of ability examples: 1. The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test - Pearson 2. Raven’s Progressive Matrices - Pearson 3. Cognitive Abilities Test (CoGAT) - Riverside 4. Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test- Pearson 5. Multilevel (NNAT) (previously called Matrix Analogies) ii. Individual tests of ability examples: 1. The Stanford-Binet
Intelligence Scale (Fourth Edition and L-M - Riverside) 2. Wechsler Intelligence Scale (III, for Children, and Preschool and Primary - Pearson) 3. The Slosson Intelligence TestRevised - Slosson Publications 4. Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT-2) - American Guidance 5. Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI-3) - American Guidance 6. The Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery Riverside
