2nd Grade Testing

Second Grade Universal Testing - Overview

Assessments used to determine highly capable eligibility are paper and pencil proctored Cognitive Aptitude Test (CogAT), The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) and online i-Ready Math and Reading.
Online i-Ready Reading and Math will be administered in January 2025. Testing details can be found here.
The CogAT and TTCT will be administered in classrooms in March 2025 as the school decides.
Limited make-ups for illness and family emergencies will follow until a week after school testing.
If your student misses Universal Screening, you may refer during the September Referral.
Assessments will occur during the school day at your student's assigned school. Testing will be conducted over several days.
For eligible students, SAGE (pull out) or site-specific MERLIN (self-contained) services will begin in the third-grade year.
Once students are identified in their 2nd grade year, they continue in the program through grade 12 unless they exit.
Please ensure contact information in Family Access is current.
Sign up for the Weekly Bulletin to receive timely information about Highly Capable Screening for kindergarten and second-grade students.
Opt-Out of testing services by completing the following Opt-Out Form.

Private/home-based students who live in the Issaquah School District boundaries may participate in universal testing.
Private/home-based students will take i-Ready Reading and Math at the ISD Administrative building in January 2025. The Highly Capable Program Office will communicate directly with pre-registered families.
Private school and home-based students will take the CogAT and TTCT assessments at the neighborhood ISD school with peers in classrooms as decided by your boundary area school in March 2025. You will be contacted with scheduling details in mid-February by your neighborhood school's Building Assessment Coordinator (BAC), and you should plan to have your student test for four days.
Pre-registration to participate online is HERE for 2nd-grade families, starting in November 2024; window Closes on Dec 20^th, 2024.
Per Policy Change SY 2024-25: Private School families must submit students' valid Birth Certificates and current residency documentation to participate in testing.
After submitting the pre-registration form from above, e-mail your student's documentation to HighlyCapable@issaquah.wednet.edu or mail it to the Highly Capable Office at 5150 220th Ave SE in Issaquah, Washington 98029.

January 2025

i-Ready Reading and Math

ENROLLED STUDENTS

During the district window, students will take the online i-Ready Reading and Math Assessments in the classroom with peers from January 6 to 24.
Staff will be trained to provide a standard testing environment and follow a standardized implementation plan.

PRE-REGISTERED PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOME-BASED STUDENTS

Private School families must submit their students' valid Birth Certificates and current residency documentation to participate in testing.
Students will take online i-Ready tests on January 7th and 24th at the Administration Building.
Logistics will be shared directly by email with participating families.

March 2025

Cognitive testing with full CogAT (Paper and Pencil - Cognitive Abilities Test)
Creativity Testing with TTCT (Paper and Pencil - Torrance Test of Creative Thinking)

Pre-registered PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOME-BASED STUDENTS

Students will take the CogAT and the TTCT at the neighborhood school. Closer to the testing date, individual schools will communicate their testing schedules to pre-registered families.

Mid-May 2025

Notification as determined by the Multi-Disciplinary Committee will be shared with families through Family Access under Portfolio or by email (for private school families).

September 2025