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Gifted Eligibility Test Information

The Spring Registration (April/May 2025) is open for registration and will close on Sunday, May 4, 2025.
All students are administered the CogAT Form 8, based on their current grade level.

No gifted eligibility testing will take place outside of the posted schedule. Seats are offered to eligible students after each round of testing. A student can test only once an academic year. If you have any questions about testing registration, please contact Email Gifted Academy

Testing Site Location:
Weekday testing is at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, 4664 N. Rockton Ave, Rockford, IL 61103.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 testing site is at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, 4704 N. Rockton Ave, Rockford, IL 61103.

Notice: All tests administered within the 2024-2025 school year is to determine seat eligibility for the 2025-2026 school year

Sign Up For Spring Testing Registration
2024-2025 Gifted Testing Calendar

Questions about Testing?  

All testing and eligibility questions should be emailed to Email Gifted Academy. 

Gifted Academy Testing

The Gifted Academy program in Rockford Public Schools affirms the need to identify students with potential at any point in their educational career and to provide the kinds of educational services which will enable them to demonstrate a level of achievement commensurate with their potential.​

Based on research and common understandings about gifted programming, we welcome any student who lives within the boundaries of Rockford Public Schools to participate in our eligibility testing. We encourage anyone who sees potential in a child to contact the Gifted Academy for more information: a parent, a teacher, a school administrator, community member, even the student himself/herself.

Accommodations
Students with testing accommodations documented on an IEP or 504 Plan will need to contact Email Joanna Nelson​​​, Assistant Principal of Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Testing, to discuss your child's specific accommodation needs. The IEP/504 Plan ​will be reviewed and testing options will be discussed. The Special Education and Psychology Departments may be consulted to develop the best plan for the student.​ The need for accommodations should be indicated on the online registration form.