Assessment & GT Information
Assessment Info
To find out more about our State and District Testing Information, please click here: Parent Assessment Info.
To see the district-wide assessment calendars, please click here: Assessment Calendar & Plan.
Parents/Guardians: As required by state law, we are informing you that you have two options in the Aurora Public School District to opt your children out of state testing if you wish to do so. Here are those options, with corresponding deadlines:
IC Parent Portal Opt-Out Tool - This tool is now live in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal, and instructions to access it are at this link (Help Sheets - English, Spanish). If you have trouble with the Parent Portal, please contact Pamela Birx (303-326-3125) . The deadline to use this tool is Sunday, March 31st.
Paper Opt-Out Form - The district Opt-Out form is available at the bottom of this page. Please complete this form and submit it to Pamela Birx (pjbirx@aurorak12.org). The deadline to use this paper Opt-out form is March 29, 2024
Gifted and Talented Information
Definition of Gifted and Talented
Gifted children means those persons between the ages of four and twenty-one whose aptitude or competence in abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment in one or more domains are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational programming needs.
Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic and ethnic, cultural populations. Gifted students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas of giftedness:
General or specific intellectual ability
Specific academic aptitude- reading, writing, math, science, social studies
Creative or productive thinking
Leadership abilities
Visual arts, drama/theater, dance, music, or psychomotor (movement) abilities
Gifted Children’s Bill of Rights
Gifted children have the right to:
know about your giftedness.
learn something new everyday.
be passionate about your talent area without apologies.
have an identity beyond your talent area.
feel good about your accomplishments.
make mistakes.
seek guidance in the development of your talent.
have multiple peer groups and a variety of friends.
choose which of your talent areas you wish to pursue.
not to be gifted at everything.
Written by Del Siegle (NAGC President, 2007 - 2009)
Referral for Gifted Identification
Teachers, school staff, parents, students, and community members may refer a student to go through the gifted identification process. A body of evidence including classroom work samples, assessment data, and surveys from a variety of stakeholders will be reviewed to make a determination of gifted or high potential ability following guidelines set forth by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). If you have any questions, please contact the school’s GT Facilitator, Julie Carpenter, at jcarpenter@aurorak12.org.
Gifted Identification Referral Form
Contact Person
GT Facilitator
Julie Carpenter
jcarpenter@aurorak12.org