A student will be identified as gifted in a specific academic area when the student's qualifying score meets or exceeds the Ohio-required 95th national percentile, using an assessment and score type approved by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
The district will not establish a separate local cutoff that is more restrictive than Ohio's identification requirements without first confirming that such a requirement is legally permissible and incorporated into the district's adopted gifted identification plan.
Specific Academic Ability Grades K–12
Test: The Iowa Assessment Score of 95% and up
Test: Wäscher Individual Achievement Scale Score of 95% and up
Test: I-Ready Reading and Math Grades 2-8 Score of 95% and up
Test: ACT Score 95% and up
Superior Cognitive Ability Grades K-12
Test: Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test Score 127 and up
Test: Wäscher Intelligence Scale Score 128 and up
Creative Thinking Ability — Grades K–12
Test: Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test-Score of 112 and up; GATES-2
A student will be identified in Creative Thinking Ability when the student meets the Ohio-required qualifying score on the intelligence/cognitive component and meets the required qualifying score on an approved creative-thinking assessment or checklist.
Visual and Performing Arts Ability — Grades K–12
Assessment: ODE Visual and Performing Arts Gifted Screening
Screening, Referral and Reassessment
Steubenville City Schools will provide multiple pathways for gifted identification.
Students may be referred by:
- Parent or guardian
- Teacher
- Student
- Peer
- School counselor
- Principal
- Gifted intervention specialist
- School psychologist
- Other school personnel
- Other individuals with relevant knowledge of the student's abilities
Ohio specifically recognizes parent, guardian, teacher, peer, and student referrals.
Reassessment
Additional Ohio approved assessment tools are available upon request.
Students who score close to, but below, the Ohio qualifying score may be considered for reassessment when permitted by Ohio guidance and the specific assessment's approved criteria.
The district will follow the current Ohio Department of Education and Workforce guidance regarding reassessment rather than establishing a separate districtwide reassessment cutoff.
Out-of-District and Outside Assessment Results
Steubenville City Schools may consider qualifying gifted assessment results from another Ohio public school district or qualified assessment provider when the assessment:
- Appears on the Ohio-approved gifted assessment list applicable to the date of testing;
- Was administered according to the assessment publisher's requirements;
- Provides sufficient information to determine the Ohio qualifying score; and
- Meets the applicable Ohio requirements concerning the age and validity of the score.
The district will verify outside assessment results before using them for formal gifted identification.
