2013-2014
3rd-9th Grade
GT Testing and Advanced Class Testing
as of May 6. 2013
August Testing Date has changed due to test availability: | August testing for late applications/recommendations or new students to RPS: Monday, August 5, 2013
Current students must have recommendations turned in by May 31.
New enrollees to RPS have until August 1 to submit recommendations to test. |
4th/5th Grade GT Testing | Testing for GT identification for 2013-2014 took place the week of April 15, 2013.
Letters and results were mailed to parents in mid-May. |
6th Grade Advanced Math Testing | Testing for 6th grade Advanced Math for 2013-2014 took place the week of April 15, 2013. Letters and placement information were mailed home in mid-May. |
7th/8th Grade ROCK Testing | Testing for ROCK Classes for 2013-2014 took place the week of April 15, 2013. Letters and placement information were mailed home in mid-May. |
9th Grade Honors Testing | Testing for Honors English and Science for 2013-2014 took place the week of April 15, 2013. Letters and placement information will be mailed home in late May. |
Director's WelcomeThe RPS Gifted and Talented Department welcomes you and invites you to share in our passion for ensuring learning for all students who demonstrate a need for higher level opportunities.
Director Maggie Thelen coordinates this department, which serves grades K-12, and is supported in these efforts by two teacher consultants. All department personnel are required to possess a master’s degree in gifted education and work with other district personnel to ensure academic success for high ability students. A varied array of gifted-related services and programs are available to students, teachers and parents in the Rockford schools.
Programming provided by the Gifted and Talented Department includes teacher consultation in kindergarten through eighth grade; a pull-out program for fourth and fifth grade; and testing, placement, and accelerated programming in grades six through twelve, as well as serving as a testing site for the Northwestern University Midwest Academic Talent Search.
Maggie Thelen, Director
Gifted and Talented Department
Mission
The vision of gifted education in the Rockford Public Schools is to provide exemplary differentiated programs and/or services enabling gifted learners to maximize their potential as productive learners.