One additional program school does not offer transportation at this time. Compacting and accelerating the regular curriculum allows students to progress more rapidly through the curriculum. Once a week, qualified students in grades 3 through 6 go from their non-program classroom to attend a G.A.T.E. enrichment class at their home school. Teachers, parents and members of the community can refer a child to the G.A.T.E. Programs. Parents are notified of the referral, and if they approve of the referral, and complete the Parent Nomination Folio , the child is scheduled to take the Assessment Battery.
Students take a battery of six tests.
The scored tests are compared to age and grade appropriate, national or local norms to produce a G.A.T.E. Programs Screening Profile of test results, which parents receive. Ties on the Composite Total are broken by examining the verbal intelligence score and then by other scores. A multi-disciplinary committee reviews the rank listings by grade level and makes recommendations for program placement. 95 percentile on achievement tests and the 90 percentile on tests of intelligence. Parents of tentatively accepted candidates are also notified of which program and school their child is being placed at.