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Long Beach Unified School District: gifted testing

Dates and requirements change. Always confirm with Long Beach Unified School District directly. Last checked: 2026-10-28 · district website

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

Grades K-12

Long Beach students can take part in universal GATE screening once in 2nd and/or 4th grade, during the district's screening window. The CogAT is the universal screener; the district also uses grade-level district assessments, teacher observation of gifted traits and state test results.

Test	Grades	Who	When
CogAT	2, 4	All students tested	District screening window	source

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Sources:

Identification & Testing (Long Beach Unified GATE) (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)