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School board approves change in screening test for gifted eligibility (SAGES → CogAT)
Summary
The board approved revisions to the local plan to replace the SAGES screening instrument with the CogAT for future gifted/achievement screening; district staff said currently identified students will not be retested and the change becomes effective next semester.
The Louisa County School Board approved revisions to the district’s local plan governing eligibility screening for gifted and achievement services.
District staff member Miss Gray explained the key change: the district will replace the SAGES test — which she said "hasn't been nationally normed in over 7 years" — with the CogAT, a test staff described as more up to date and efficient. Miss Gray clarified that students already identified under the prior screening will not be retested and that the new test will be used beginning the upcoming second semester.
A board member moved to approve the revisions and the motion was seconded; the board recorded the approval by voice vote.
