InView cognitive assessment
3 and 5
Confirm locally
The district administers InView in October and mails results directly to parents.
Verify with the district ↗River Vale Township School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
TAG Gifted and Talented,
made navigable.
River Vale gives all K-3 students classroom enrichment and identifies students for Grades 4-6 pull-out TAG using InView, LinkIt, and NJSLA evidence under local norms.
Independent from River Vale Township School District. Official district instructions always control.
NJlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
2official sources reviewed
2deadlines or checkpoints
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.
LinkIt benchmarks
1-8
Confirm locally
Reading and mathematics benchmarks are administered three times per year, approximately once each trimester.
Verify with the district ↗How Bloomfield Academy helps
Understand the program.
Manage the process.
Build the learner.
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 TAG Gifted and Talented 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.
Mentor includes Navigator plus a 12-week pathway, four short weekly challenges, one substantial monthly project, a Friday parent insight, and a private Growth Portfolio.
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 coverageK-8
How students are considered
Published processThe district initially admits up to the top ten percent of its student population by grade. Grades 4-8 criteria include Grade 3 or 5 InView, LinkIt reading and mathematics, and NJSLA ELA and mathematics. InView is administered in October; LinkIt benchmarks occur about once per trimester.
What service can look like
Published modelTier 1 gives K-3 students differentiated, hands-on classroom learning built around critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Tier 2 is a Grades 4-6 pull-out program using design-thinking and problem-based learning; published criteria also cover advanced needs through Grade 8.
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 moveBefore October, confirm whether the child is in an InView grade and review the district's sample information when it arrives.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveTrack all three LinkIt windows and retain the reading and mathematics reports.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveRequest the InView, LinkIt, NJSLA ELA and mathematics results used for TAG placement and the child's local rank.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveAsk how the initial up-to-ten-percent local cohort rule was applied to the child's grade.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveIf selected, confirm pull-out schedule, missed-class expectations, project themes, and progress feedback.
How Bloomfield helps
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Your next moveIf not selected, ask the district for its current reconsideration or appeal process and what new evidence it accepts.
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 TAG Gifted and Talented. 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 River Vale Township School District before acting.