EVERYTHING G&T
New York requires a test in order to qualify to apply to the gifted program. The test is structured and is comprised of two sections, the NNAT and OLSAT. Both of these organized and tested the same way each year.
A child is eligible to take the test in PreK to up until second grade, to qualify for entry into Kindergarten through third grade. In order to qualify for the gifted program, children have to take the gifted and talented test. The test is limited to children who are New York City residents.
As of 2018 standards, there are district and citywide G&T schools. In order to meet eligibility for district programs, the child must score a 90 or above and in order to meet eligibility for the citywide program, the child must score a 97 or above to apply.
The G&T is given during January each year. The test is comprised of two sections, a nonverbal section, and a verbal section.
1, The verbal section is the OLSAT, where the child has to listen for instructions regarding:
2. The nonverbal section is the NNAT and has four parts, which look at how a child can understand nonverbal information regarding:
More information can be found on the G&T website: http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/GiftedandTalented/default.htm
A child is eligible to take the test in PreK to up until second grade, to qualify for entry into Kindergarten through third grade. In order to qualify for the gifted program, children have to take the gifted and talented test. The test is limited to children who are New York City residents.
As of 2018 standards, there are district and citywide G&T schools. In order to meet eligibility for district programs, the child must score a 90 or above and in order to meet eligibility for the citywide program, the child must score a 97 or above to apply.
The G&T is given during January each year. The test is comprised of two sections, a nonverbal section, and a verbal section.
1, The verbal section is the OLSAT, where the child has to listen for instructions regarding:
- Verbal comprehension which measures the child's ability to process information through listening to language
- Verbal reasoning which measures child's the ability to discover patterns/relationships and solve problems using language
2. The nonverbal section is the NNAT and has four parts, which look at how a child can understand nonverbal information regarding:
- Pattern completion which measures the child's ability to recognize and insert missing pieces into patterns
- Reasoning by analogy which measures the child’s ability to recognize relationships among geometric shapes
- Serial reasoning measures the child's ability to recognize sequences among shapes
- Spatial visualization tests the child’s ability to recognize how two objects will look when combined
More information can be found on the G&T website: http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/GiftedandTalented/default.htm