District Contact Information:
Pamela Kraft
Coordinator of Gifted Services

(330) 821-4303
Marlington Local Schools provides at least two opportunities a year for assessment for students requesting assessment or who are recommended by teachers, parents or others. / Marlington Local Schools
Notice for Parents
Assessment Instruments Used for Gifted Identification
The district uses the following assessment instruments for screening and identification pursuant to ORC 3324.01-07
Superior Cognitive Ability / Specific Academic Ability
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Form 6
Screening: 120 ID: K-2 = 127; 3-12 = 129
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (2nd ed)
Screening: 120 ID: K-6=125; 7-12=126
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 4th ed. (WISC IV)
Screening: 120 ID: K-12 = 127 / Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJIII)
Screening: 92% ID: 95%
California Achievement Tests, fifth edition (CAT/5)
Screening: 92% ID: 95%
Creative Thinking Ability / Visual & Performing Arts
Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale (GATES)
Creative Thinking: Section IV
Scales for Rating the Behavior Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), 1997
Creativity: Part II
Test of Cognitive Abilities (CogAt) Form 6
Screening: 110 ID: K-12 = 111
Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS/2)
Screening: 110 ID: K-12 = 111 / Display of Work, Audition, or Performance (observation or evaluation)
Screening: 20 ID: K-12 23
Scales for Rating the Behavior Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), 1997
Music: Part VI Drama: Part Vii Art: Part V
Screening: 40 ID: K-12 43