New to HP Talented/Gifted Transfer Process

Students new to HPISD that were identified as needing Gifted Services in another district, may register their child to be assessed by the HPISD TAG Program within 4 weeks of enrollment. Parents should forward any documentation including assessment data and/or letters of the provided services to the campus TAG Coordinator to expedite the process. Because GT services and assessment procedures differ from district to district, HPISD will accept assessment data from a student's previous district provided the following criteria are met:

- assessments used are the same or closely resemble those that we administer
- assessments scores are less than 2 years old
- assessment scores meet HPISD's internal requirements

Students new to HPISD from a school or district that does not provide GT Services will be evaluated on an individual basis once enrollment is complete in HPISD.

SPECIAL NOTE: Students may NOT test twice in the same academic year. Therefore, if a student is assessed after enrollment, they are NOT eligible for spring, district-wide testing. Students must wait until the Spring of the following school year. It is our recomendation that new students to Highland Park delay testing until spring, once they are acclimated to our district.

General timeline for new student testing:

Date of Enrollment	Grade	Testing Date
After the first day of school / During the school year	2-12	Scheduled after TAG registration is received by Campus TAG Coordinator
Spring or Summer before the first day of school	5-12	Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of school
Spring or Summer before the first day of school	2-4	Approximately 3 weeks after the first day of school

Forward all documentation from the previous district to the Campus TAG Coordinator. Contact information can be found on the TAG Staff page. Assessments will be scheduled by the campus TAG Coordinator.