DOE announces G&T timeline
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Is your 4-year-old gifted? Talented? If so, now is the time to start thinking about having him or her tested for the public school gifted and talented programs. This week the Department of Education posted the admissions timeline, as well as an updated list of schools that currently have G&T programs.
Test information and parent handbooks for incoming kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-graders will be online as of Oct. 7, according to the DOE. Materials will be available in elementary schools the week of Oct. 13. You must register for the test by Nov. 7. There is a different process for children in older grades.
The DOE will hold information sessions to explain G&T programs and the admissions process in each borough; the first is in the Bronx on Oct. 14, and the last will be in Manhattan on Oct. 22. See the DOE’s website for details.
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Given September cut off date at private schools, my daughter is in the 2nd grade rather than 3rd if she was in public. The DOE testing for G&T programs is only for children born in 2002, but what happens if she’s a 2001 baby but would be competing for a spot with 2002 born kids? does this mean she is ineligible?
Comment by UWSmom — October 1, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
In the eyes of the NYC public schools it may be that your child is considered a third graders, I think.
Comment by Anonymous — October 2, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
can my son be retested if he scored 99% and did not get in the school of my choice
Comment by Anonymous — October 3, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
Yes, he can be retested. My son scored 98% and I am getting him retested for the coming school year.
Comment by Anonymous — October 20, 2009 @ 9:19 am