Section 16.21 indicates that a person with an IQ lower than 130 may be admitted to the gifted program when other educational criteria in the student's profile strongly indicate gifted ability. IQ cannot be the sole criteria for identifying a student as a gifted student.
Subject results means subtests of achievement tests.
Subtests should provide results that can be used to determine placement in academic instruction in all academic subject areas. Rate of acquisition is the rapidity or speed at which the student is able to acquire, understand, and demonstrate competency or mastery of new learning. This data can be obtained by simple procedures such as CBA, direct observation, and reporting from parents, teachers or supervisors. Early and measured use of high level thinking skills could include checklists, inventories, and anecdotal notes. It could also include documentation of developmental milestones that are reached earlier than average students reach the milestone.