Existing Test Scores
Grades 2-12
We accept qualifying scores on a variety of tests your child may have already taken at their school. Students must have scored in the 98th percentile* (based on grade, not age) or higher, or two grade levels or more above their current grade level on specified domains of these state and national norm tests to qualify.
Select CTY courses do not require minimum test scores.
Details
- Before submitting your scores, you must join CTY.
- Submit a copy of your qualifying scores for one of the accepted tests with your program application, or upload them in MyCTY. Families will be notified of the status of their program application and course placement within 7-10 business days.
- Students who submit qualifying scores with their program application will receive CTY-level eligibility. This eligibility will remain valid through high school.
- The test score report must be dated after July 1, 2017 and include the student's name as well as the test name.
- Students who submit existing test scores will not be eligible for Advanced CTY-level courses.
Accepted Tests
Families can submit scores from the following tests with their child’s program application:
|
Test Name |
Score Type* |
Domains for CTY Math/Science Eligibility |
Domains for CTY Humanities/Writing Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ACT Aspire |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Ei ASSET |
Percentile |
Math |
English |
|
Ei ASSET Talent Search (Ei ATS) |
Percentile |
Math |
English |
|
Basic Achievement Skills Inventory (BASI) |
Percentile and GLE |
Math Total |
Reading Total |
|
Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills-Revised |
Percentile and GLE |
Math |
Revised Comprehension |
|
California Achievement Test (CAT) |
Percentile and GLE |
Math Total |
Reading Total |
|
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) |
Percentile |
Quantitative or Nonverbal |
Verbal |
|
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) |
Percentile |
Math Total |
Reading Total |
|
CWRA + |
Percentile |
Analysis and Problem Solving or Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning |
Critical Reading and Evaluation |
|
Developing Cognitive Abilities Test (DCAT) |
Percentile |
Math |
Verbal |
|
Differential Ability Scale (DAS) |
Percentile |
Spatial |
Verbal |
|
ERB-Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP) ISEE |
Percentile |
Math or Quantitative Reasoning |
Reading Comprehension or Verbal Reasoning |
|
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test |
Percentile and GLE |
Math |
Verbal |
|
InView |
Percentile |
Quantitative Reasoning |
Verbal Reasoning |
|
Iowa Assessments (ITBS, ITED, ITES, IAAT, Forms E, F, G) |
Percentile |
Math Total or Math |
Reading or English Language Arts Total |
|
i-Ready Diagnostic |
Percentile |
Math Total |
Reading Total |
|
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Kentucky Performance Rating for Education Progress (K-PREP) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Keymath-Revised Normative Update (Keymath-3) |
Percentile and GLE |
Total |
n/a |
|
Kuhlmann-Anderson Test (KAT) |
Percentile |
Nonverbal |
Verbal |
|
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test 3 (NNAT3) |
Percentile |
Nonverbal |
n/a |
|
North Carolina End-of-Grade Test (EOG) |
Percentile |
Math |
ELA/Reading |
|
Northwest Evaluation Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Otis-Lennon School Ability Test 8th Edition (OLSAT 8) |
Percentile |
Nonverbal |
Verbal |
|
Performance Series by Scantron (aka Global Scholars) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scale (RIAS) |
Percentile |
n/a |
Verbal |
|
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) |
Percentile |
n/a |
Reading |
|
Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) |
Percentile |
Math |
n/a |
|
Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary and Middle School Students (SAGES-3) |
Percentile |
n/a |
Verbal Reasoning |
|
Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
South Carolina SC READY |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
STAAR State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Stanford Achievement Test |
Percentile and GLE |
Total Math |
Total Reading |
|
STAR Math Enterprise Test |
Percentile and GLE |
Overall Math |
n/a |
|
STAR Reading Enterprise Test |
Percentile and GLE |
n/a |
Overall Reading |
|
STS Educational Development Series (EDSeries) |
Percentile and GLE |
Math or Quantitative |
Verbal or Reading |
|
Terra Nova 3 |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) |
GLE |
Nonverbal |
Verbal |
|
Test of Mathematical Abilities for Gifted Students (TOMAGS) |
Percentile |
Math |
n/a |
|
Washington D.C. PARCC |
Percentile |
Math |
ELA |
|
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) |
Percentile |
Math |
Reading |
|
Wisconsin Forward Exam |
Percentile |
Math |
ELA |
Percentile Scores*
| Percentile | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| < 98 | None |
| > = 98 | CTY-Level |
*For tests that have both grade and age percentile scores, only grade percentiles are considered for eligibility.
Grade Level Equivalence Scores
| GLE Difference (GLE score minus grade at the time of testing)* |
Eligibility |
|---|---|
| < 2 | None |
| > = 2 | CTY-Level |
*For example, if a student was in grade 7 at the time of testing and scored a GLE of 8.9, then the GLE Difference is 1.9 (8.9-7).