Handbooks for the NYC Board of Education 2009/2010 Gifted and Talented program are current available online. Here are important program dates:
Applicants who were born in 2005, 2004, 2003 & 2002
(Please note: For K, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade placement in the 2010 – 2011 school year)
October 7, 2009: Gifted & Talented Test Information handbooks available online
October 7 – November 6, 2009: Window for submitting the Request For Testing (RFT) forms open
October 13, 2009: Gifted & Talented Test Information handbooks available at schools (with Request For Testing forms and OLSAT practice test included)
October 13 – October 23, 2009: Community Information Sessions
January 4 – February 26, 2010: OLSAT/BSRA testing at school sites for public school students
January 9, 10, 23, 24, 30 & 31 and February 6 & 7, 2010: OLSAT/BSRA testing at selected sites for non-public school children
Early April, 2010: Score reports and applications with available G&T sites communicated to eligible students
Late April, 2010: Applications due
June 2010: Placement offers communicated to parents
June 2010: Parents accept/decline placement offer
