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Jericho details selection criteria, cut‑score approach and rare 6th‑grade exceptions
Summary
The district said OGA decisions are based on a triangulation of report‑card grades, high NWEA percentiles and AMC 8/science assessments, plus teacher rubrics; a small number of 6th graders were made exceptions this year.
Helene Kriegstein explained the district’s approach to selecting students for off‑grade acceleration: there are no single numeric cut scores. Instead, the team triangulates multiple data points — report card grades, NWEA percentile (often near 98th–99th) and AMC 8 or a locally developed science placement test — and reviews teacher rubrics on classroom habits and maturity.
Kriegstein said if a student is slightly lower in one area but stronger in another the team will still consider that student, and that math and science recommendations follow separate review processes before being combined. "We don't have a specific cut score... we triangulate the data," she said.
On exceptions, Kriegstein said a few 6th graders were identified this year after showing exceptional NWEA and diagnostic performance; she described those placements as exceptions rather than a new program. Decisions about placements are communicated just before spring break.
