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Miami-Dade County Public Schools: gifted testing
Gifted education
Grades K-12Florida's rule makes a student eligible for gifted services with an IQ two standard deviations or more above the mean on an individually given intelligence test (130 on most tests), plus a need for the program and gifted characteristics. Districts may also run an approved plan for under-represented groups; Miami-Dade's Plan B for grades 1-3 uses a points matrix (gifted characteristics checklist, achievement percentile, IQ and a creativity rating).
| Test | Grades | Who | When | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual IQ test | K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Referred students | Not published | source |
Published criteria
- State rule: IQ two standard deviations or more above the mean (130 on a test with mean 100 and SD 15, about the 98th percentile). source
- Plan B (under-represented students, grades 1-3): documented need, 16+ checklist items rated 3 or 4, 9+ matrix points and at least 1 point in intellectual ability (IQ 112 or higher earns a point; 124+ earns the maximum 4). source
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- Florida Rule 6A-6.03019, Special Instructional Programs for Students Who Are Gifted (checked 2026-10-28)
- Gifted Eligibility Determination Form for under-represented students, grades 1-3 (FM-7082, Miami-Dade County Public Schools) (checked 2026-10-28)
- GeoNames US postal codes (finder only) (checked 2026-10-28)