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Elementary Quest Acceptance Criteria
 
Screening and assessment requirements for kindergarten through fifth grade applicants

Application screening criteria
Elementary applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for Quest assessment:

Kindergarten (applying for first grade Quest)

  • Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS):
    90th percentile or higher in letter naming fluency
First and second grade (applying for second and third grade Quest)
Most recent report card data:
  • reading: 3.0 or higher in all strands
  • math: 3.0 or higher in all strands
Third, fourth and fifth grade (applying for fourth, fifth and sixth grade Quest)
Most recent report card data:
  • reading: 3.0 or higher in all strands
  • math: 3.0 or higher in all strands
  • Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) results from Spring 2007 – reading: level 4 and math: level 4

Elementary applicants who meet the application screening criteria are scheduled for Quest assessment.

Assessment criteria

Round I Screening Procedures Must Be Met
  Achievement
ITBS
Enrichment Pull Out
& Full Time Quest
97th percentile or higher in both Total Reading and Total Math
Round II ITBS Scores Must Be 97th Percentile or Higher in Both Total Reading and Total Math
  Ability
CogAT
Creativity
Renzulli
Enrichment Pull Out 124-128 Composite
Standard Age Score
(93rd-96th percentile)
Scale Total 43-54
(80% or higher)
Full Time Quest 129 or higher
Composite Standard
Age Score
(97th-99th percentile)
Scale Total 43-54
(80% or higher)

Placement criteria
Elementary applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for placement in Quest:

  Ability
CogAT
Achievement
ITBS
Creativity
Renzulli
Enrichment Pull Out 124 Composite
Standard Age Score
(93rd percentile)
97th percentile in both total reading and total math Scale Total
43-54
(80% or higher)
Full Time Quest 129 Composite
Standard Age Score
(97th percentile)
97th percentile in both total reading and total math Scale Total
43-54
(80% or higher)
 
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