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Glendale Unified School District: gifted testing

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Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

Grades K-12

Glendale gives all 3rd graders (and 4th-6th graders new to GUSD) the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT3) in the spring, in class. Students at or above the 92nd percentile are eligible for GATE starting in 4th grade. Parents may opt out; identified students are not retested.

Test	Grades	Who	When
NNAT	3	All students tested	Spring	source
NNAT	4, 5	Students new to GUSD	Spring	source

Published criteria

An NNAT3 score at the 92nd percentile rank or higher. source

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Sources:

Learn About GATE (Glendale Unified) (checked 2026-10-28)
NCES Common Core of Data, 2023-24 school directory (ZIP codes of the district's K-5 schools) (checked 2026-10-28)