Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Testing
GATE Announcements
GATE Newsletter SY 2022-23
At Tucson Unified, we recognize that gifted students have special educational needs that should be met within the context of the whole child. The role of the GATE Testing & Placement Office is to ensure all students at Tucson Unified schools have equitable opportunity and access to the GATE Program services we offer. Through our practice, we utilize multiple measures (i.e. the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT3) and the Raven Progressive Matrices, etc.) to determine a student's program eligibility.
Feel free to use the sections below to learn more about our office.
Feel free to use the sections below to learn more about our office.
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All GATE teachers throughout the district are encouraged to use these GATE standards to differentiate instruction and create interdisciplinary units of study.
The District provides transportation to self-contained students that live in the TUSD boundaries and beyond the walking distance that the district has established. Please ask about transportation when registering. Registration must be completed at the site by May 15 of the preceding year to receive transportation services by the beginning of the year.
Please see below links, which provide information about Transportation eligibility and Non-Eligible Rider Form.
Transportation Eligibility
According to Policy EEA, school bus transportation is provided for students attending their neighborhood schools as long as they live outside the walk boundary.
Non-Eligible Transportation Application (PDF)
Application is for the current school year only. Non-Eligible Rider Transportation Program does not guarantee transportation. The application is a request for transportation department to review availability of route and seats.
Index of Resources
Please find a list of all pages and documents on Advanced Learning Experiences listed alphabetically.
- Advanced Academic Courses
- AVID Interest Form
- GATE Staff
- GATE Standards
- Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) – Testing
- Home - Advanced Learning Experiences (ALE)
- Non-Eligible Transportation Application
- Parent Complaint Form (PDF)
- Parent Complaint Process (PDF)
- Policy EEA
- Programs – Advanced Learning Experiences
- Transportation Eligibility