Highly Capable
Supporting Our Learners
Seattle Public Schools is committed to ensuring every student experiences meaningful learning, growth, and challenge. Some students demonstrate a need for learning opportunities well beyond grade level expectations. Through Highly Capable services, we work to provide appropriate academic challenge and support so students can continue to learn, grow, and thrive. Students identified for Highly Capable services demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and learning needs beyond what is typically required by peers of the same age.
Learn more about pathway schools and Highly Capable Services. HC services may vary by school, grade level, and students’ needs.
All schools develop a Continuous School Improvement Plan (CSIP) that includes information about the specific ways that educators meet the needs of Highly Capable (HC) learners.
Current Students: Identification and Eligibility
New to SPS: Public School Transfers
New to SPS: Private or Homeschool Transfers
Starting this December, all first-grade students will take the Naglieri General Ability Test (NGAT) as part of the Seattle Public Schools Highly Capable Universal Screening process. The NGAT provides additional information about how students think, reason, and solve problems, giving us another way to recognize students’ strengths and potential.
Visit the Grade 1 Highly Capable Screener for more details