Tests & school deadlines

Talk to the counselor, then approve the online application. Year-long courses like Algebra I can't be tested in this window.

Parent contacts the school counselor. Middle school only for 7th/8th graders testing out of a world language.

Parent submits in Skyward Family Access → Online Forms → Gifted Referral. A student can take the ability test once per school year.

Anyone can recommend a student, but the parent must submit the referral. Contact the campus GT teacher. Outside testing isn't accepted.

Parent completes the ALPHA referral form; first-time reviews also need a teacher observation form. No late referrals.

Talk to the counselor, then approve the online application. Free for district exams; a no-show is charged. Pass with 80%+.

Every Minnesota public school student takes it: reading in grades 3–8 and 10, math in grades 3–8 and 11, science in 5, 8 and high school. No registration. Your district posts its test days on its website.

The student registers on the district's online form for the 2026-27 test. District 196 only tests students enrolled in grade 12. A seal or certificate can earn college credit at Minnesota State colleges.

Optional test offered to all students in grades 10–12. Register during the March window; a seal or certificate can earn college credit at Minnesota State colleges.

Parent fills out the Request for Consideration of Single Subject Acceleration form (covers grades K-8) and gives it to the school principal. The form says requests received after April 1 move to the next school year (this window is part of the standing form, not a date set just for 2026-27).

Parent fills out the Request for Consideration of Grade Acceleration form (covers grades K-8) and gives it to the school principal. Requests received after April 1 move to the next school year (this window is part of the standing form).

Parent fills out the Request for Acceleration form and gives it to the TAG specialist at the school. The district's K-8 process document (linked from the TAG page; revised 2021, a standing process) accepts requests after trimester one and no later than April 1.

Parent contacts the counselor; parent and counselor both approve. Pass with 80%+. Going from Honors Math 6 to Algebra I in 7th grade requires passing both Math 7 and Math 8 exams.

Every public school student in grades 3–8 takes it. No calculator on grades 3–7 math.

Talk to the counselor. Testing out of Algebra I from Math 7 means passing Math 8 in Window D first, then Algebra I in Window A.

Fill out the district's online registration form by May 14, then pay the test fee in ParentVUE by May 21. The district says to wait until grade 10, because Minnesota State colleges only give credit for tests taken in grades 10–12.

Parent contacts the counselor. Pass with 80%+; up to 2 attempts per course.

Get the application from the school counselor. Acceleration needs 80%+ on each exam.

Apply with the district's 6–12 application form. Acceleration needs 80%+.

Contact your child's counselor to register. Every registration must be approved by the campus. Scores go to the home campus after testing.

Get the application from the school counselor, who sends it to the CBE Office by 3 PM on the deadline. Honors Math 7 exam is for Honors Math 6 students aiming for Honors Algebra I. Grade-level acceleration needs 80%+. Questions to CBE@pisd.edu.

Parents don't need to do anything; MPS uses the FastBridge aMath scores and the school contacts families of eligible students. The district has not posted 2026-27 aMath window dates on its site.

Parent sends the Request for Full-Grade Acceleration form to the district's Talent Development content lead. The page gives no request window or deadline, and it doesn't say which grades are covered.

The student registers on the SPPS online seal form. The form is still headed "2026 Registration" (last year's cycle) and lists no deadline, so 2026-27 dates aren't posted yet. SPPS pages describe seal testing in grades 10–12, and the form says it can earn 8–20 free credits at Minnesota State colleges.

Register for each exam online through ePay ($50 early / $65 late, nonrefundable; the Accelerated Math 7 test-in page says there is no fee). The page says the actual spring 2027 registration dates will be added later.

Opt-in test for students in grades 10–12, offered three times a year. The district schedule lists the test dates but no registration deadline; see the WHS seal program page or the school for sign-up.

No parent application. New students in grades 6–8 who score at or above the 87th percentile on FastBridge are tested in the next CogAT window. Contact your school's enrichment specialist with questions.