As described in Rule 160-4-2-.38, students in kindergarten through grade twelve in Floyd County must meet eligibility criteria in at least three of the four criteria.
All students who are referred are assessed in each of the four criteria:

1. Mental Ability
2. Achievement
3. Creativity
4. Motivation

Data is collected in each of the four areas, documented on an Eligibility Form (SEG 5), and reviewed by an Eligibility Committee to determine final Eligibility.

Floyd County Schools is nondiscriminatory with respect to race, religion, national origin, sex, disabilities, or economic background in regards to testing and evaluating students in their gifted education program.

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Students must achieve a score at or above the 96% national age percentile on a standardized mental ability test on either a composite or an appropriate component score.
Floyd County Schools administer the following mental ability tests:

• Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)- Administer this test first to students. Use verbal, quantitative, nonverbal and/or total score.
• Otis-Lennon Ability Test (OLSAT)- Only use total score. Use this only as a second test to administer to students that show a strength in the verbal domain.
• Naglieri’s Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)- Use only a total score. Beneficial for ESOL, ELL, and minority students. Use this as a second test for students that demonstrate a strength in quantitative and/or nonverbal domains.

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Achievement

Students must achieve a score at or above the 90th national grade percentile on the core total, total mathematics and/or total reading score of a standardized achievement test that meets criteria outlined in assessment instrument eligibility.
Floyd County Schools administer the following achievement test:

• Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)- Use total reading, total math and/or total composite score.

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Creativity

Students may be assessed using any of the following measures:

• Students must receive a score at or above the 90^th percentile on a standardized creativity characteristics rating scale.

Floyd County Schools administer the following behavior rating scale for creativity:

• The Renzulli-Hartman Scale for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students- Creativity Characteristics
• The Gifted Rating Scale- GRS

Students must achieve a score at or above the 90th national age percentile on the total battery of a standardized test of creativity that meets criteria of creativity instruments.

Floyd County Schools administer the following tests for creativity:

• Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)- Both figural and verbal tests are administered. Use only for ages 6 and up. Use Age norms, not grade level norms. This is a secondary test to use only with students that demonstrate a need in their area creativity. This is also an appropriate test for ELL students.
• Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students (SAGES)- Use only for ages 7 to 12. Must administer test to an individual not a group. This is a secondary test to use only when students demonstrate a need.

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Students may be assessed using any of the following measures:

• Students in grades 6 to 12 (or grade 5 in the spring of the school year- March 1^st and after) must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 on a scale of 4.0, or numerical average of 85 or higher in the subjects of math, science, language arts, social studies, and foreign languages, over the previous two years.
• Students shall receive a rating at or above the 90^th percentile on a standardized motivational characteristic rating scale which relates to the construct of motivation.

Floyd County Schools administer the following behavioral rating scales for motivation:

• The Renzulli-Hartman Scale for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students- Motivation Characteristics
• The Gifted Rating Scale- GRS