• Click here to access the GT Testing Application in English and Spanish and learn more about GT Programming

    (DO NOT USE THIS APPLICATION TO APPLY FOR Rive Oaks ES Vanguard Magnet Program)

    (Vanguard Magnet applicants): Click here for important GT testing information).   

    Students in grades K-12 are eligible for assessment and, if identified as Gifted and Talented, are provided services (TEC 29.122 and 19 TAC §89.1(3));

    • All students living within HISD and not currently G/T-identified in HISD are eligible for G/T assessment once per school year;
    • All HISD kindergarten and fifth grade students not currently G/T-identified are assessed;
    • Assessment criteria is specified on the HISD G/T Identification Matrix;
    • All assessments are administered during established testing schedules/timelines by trained HISD staff at the student’s current HISD school or a location designated by the Gifted and Talented Department;
    • Assessments from outside sources are not accepted;
    • Students must be five years old on or before September 1st of the given school year to be eligible for Entering Kindergarten Gifted and Talented testing;

    Click here to access the GT Testing Application in English and Spanish and learn more about GT Programming

    (DO NOT USE THIS APPLICATION TO APPLY FOR Rive Oaks ES Vanguard Magnet Program).

    (Vanguard Magnet applicants): Click here for important GT testing information).   

     

    Kindergarten Students Currently Enrolled at River Oaks ES

    Universal gifted and talented testing for all  Kindergarten students who are not identified as GT will take place in November.  

    River Oaks Elementary Testing Dates: November 14 - 18, 2022

     

    1st - 5th Grade Students Currently Enrolled at River Oaks ES

    GT testing for 1st - 5th grade will happen in the spring. Please visit the school calendar for gifted and talented testing dates  for students in grades (1st -5th).  

    G/T Testing Application submission deadline: February 2, 2023  

    Deadline to request G/T testing: February 3, 2023.

     

    River Oaks Elementary Testing Dates: February 1 - 5, 2023

      

    Gifted and Talented Transfers: 

    Students who are GT identified in an HISD school and are accepted to River Oaks ES, will retain GT identification. Students identified in a non-HISD school, can submit documentation to the school that your child is zoned to and request a GT transfer review. Send transfer documentation to maxine.trice@houstonisd.org.