Start-of-Grade-4 identification review
Grade 4
Confirm locally
School teams conduct identification at the beginning of Grade 4. Ask the school in late Grade 3 for the current 2026-27 review and family-notice dates.
Verify with the district ↗East Hartford School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Gifted and Talented Program,
made navigable.
East Hartford identifies students at the start of Grade 4 using teacher input, Smarter Balanced performance, OLSAT, KBIT2, and a composite of measures. The service path then changes from elementary support to secondary honors, IB, AP, music, and arts options.
Independent from East Hartford School District. Official district instructions always control.
CTlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
2official sources reviewed
1deadline or checkpoint
When your family may need to act
The published timeline, in one place.
Use the row that matches your child's grade and situation. Dates below come from the linked district instructions; confirm them before submitting.
How Bloomfield Academy helps
Understand the program.
Manage the process.
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Use the Parent Guide free. Choose Navigator when you want the process managed around your child. Choose Mentor when you want to connect that local opportunity to a longer-term interest, real projects, and a private record of growth. Bloomfield turns Gifted and Talented Program into three clear layers of support.
01Parent GuideFree
Know what the program actually requires.
Get the local program name, grades, identification process, services, deadlines, parent steps, and official instructions—all in plain language.
02Navigator$79 / year
Turn the process into your family's plan.
Navigator adds a child-specific timeline, deadline and policy alerts, a guided checklist, and one place to organize forms, work samples, and questions for the school.
03Bloomfield Mentor$149 / year
Turn a future interest into work your child can do now.
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What the official record confirms
Know the program.
Know the route.
Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.
Who and which grades
Published coverageIdentification at the start of Grade 4; services through Grade 12
How students are considered
Published processThe published Grade 4 process considers teacher input, a Grade 3 Smarter Balanced score of 4 in reading or mathematics, OLSAT at or above the stated 50th percentile indicator, and KBIT2 at or above 110. A composite of all measures identifies students with extraordinary learning ability rather than relying on one result.
What service can look like
Published modelGrades 4-5 receive services across district schools. Grades 6-8 select honors or International Baccalaureate pathways, and Grades 9-12 select AP, IB, music, or arts options. District policy also supports supplementary materials, curriculum extensions, differentiated learning, and acceleration.
Your family's route
See the next move—and where Bloomfield helps.
This plan translates the published process without changing it. Confirm current district instructions before submitting.
Your next moveDuring Grade 3, ask the school when the start-of-Grade-4 gifted review will occur and whether parent evidence may be submitted.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveReview the student's reading and mathematics Smarter Balanced results and ask which teacher-input, OLSAT, and KBIT2 data are available.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveProvide relevant work, accomplishments, arts evidence, and observations that clarify exceptional academic or creative ability.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveRequest the written composite decision and an explanation of how each measure contributed.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveIf identified, confirm the Grade 4-5 service, then revisit honors, IB, AP, music, and arts options before each secondary transition.
How Bloomfield helps
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Application support
Prepare the story before you open the form.
District forms and prompts vary. This annotated, fictional example shows how to turn a real observation into useful evidence without copying language or inventing accomplishments.
Explore the annotated example →Parent observationFictional example
What have you observed that shows your child may need greater depth, complexity, or pace?
“After her model failed, Maya changed one part at a time, recorded each result, and explained why the designs failed differently.”
01 Observable02 Child-led03 Need-focused
See why this works →Parent-to-parent
What would you tell another family?
Share practical, firsthand wisdom about Gifted and Talented Program. Parent experience is kept separate from the official program facts above.
Opening the parent discussion…
Trust is part of the product
District rules and Bloomfield guidance stay clearly separated.
The program facts above come from the linked official sources. Bloomfield's checklist translates those facts into practical next steps without predicting selection or presenting parent anecdotes as district policy.
Official requirement
Supported by the district links and applicable school year shown on this guide.
Bloomfield guidance
A plain-language explanation or constructive preparation recommendation.
Parent-reported insight
Shown only when it is dated, moderated, and clearly labeled—not as an official rule.
Primary sources
Read the published language yourself.
Last updated 09/09/2026. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with East Hartford School District before acting.