Cogat scores from 2nd grade, 3rd grade winter MAP scores, and third grade portfolio will be used to determine gifted qualification. Services start in 4th. If they qualify for Fusion they will then automatically move on to spectrum in middle school. If they did not qualify for fusion, but only dci I believe they have to be reevaluated for middle school. If they did not qualify in 3rd I think they can be reevaluated one calendar year later. They won’t be administered cogat. Cogat is in 2nd grade only (unless they didn’t take it then). The portfolio is made up from activities from gifted resource teacher.
A lot of people don’t realize that you can request a DCI plan for students in k-3 They will be evaluated younger and given additional activities. This is not an automatic qualification though for 4th grade gifted services.