DVUSD TESTING DEFINITIONS

Gifted Identification Testing - Deer Valley identifies students for placement into gifted programs based on identification from a state-approved gifted assessment, using Age-Level Norms.  Students are identified in the areas of Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal reasoning.  Deer Valley uses the following assessments to place students into one or more gifted programs: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II NU), Naglieri Noverbal Abilities Test (NNAT3), Naglieri General Abilities Test (NGAT), and Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT).

Private Gifted Testing - Parents may select to have their children privately tested for gifted services by a licensed psychologist using a test approved by the state of Arizona.  (Parents are responsible for ALL costs associated with private testing.)

Early Entry Testing - These assessments may be used to place children into a Kindergarten or 1st grade classroom early. These assessments are not indicative of gifted abilities and may not be used to place a child into gifted programming.  

Academic Testing - Assess a student's academic knowledge. These are not used for gifted identification, but may support appropriate placement into one or more gifted programs.