How Are Students Nominated?
Guidance counselors, school principals, and gifted education teachers are certified to nominate students. Students who will complete the 7th, 8th or 9th grade at the conclusion of the 2020-2021 academic year and who are high achievers as indicated by GPA, IQ, enrollment in gifted courses, high standardized test scores, or equivalent measurement, qualify for nomination.
Nomination packets are mailed to school counselors around the first of September. If your school is not on our mailing list, we would be glad to send them a packet and add them to our mailing list.
If School principals, gifted education teachers, or counselors nominate any current 7th, 8th, or 9th grader based on standardized test scores, they should nominate students who have scored at the 95th percentile or above in at least one area on a recognized and normed standardized achievement examination, such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Stanford Achievement Test, CTBS, and MAP. Since some states use different tests than these and other states no longer use standardized national exams, we will make accommodations to fit personal circumstances.
NOTE: Students who attended JBA last summer will be automatically nominated for the 2021 Joseph Baldwin Academy. You do not need to nominate them again.
All nominations must be received by October 5, 2020 to qualify for application to the 2021 Joseph Baldwin Academy.
Please contact JBA at (660) 785-5406 or email tiacademies@truman.edu to receive your Joseph Baldwin Academy Nomination Packet or for any questions regarding the standardized test scores.
Our current list for Standardized Test scores are listed below:
| ACT Aspire | Student should score at the “exceeding” level, for the grade in which the test was administered, in one or more subject areas covered by the test. |
| CTBS | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| CTP-4 | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| DAT | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| ERB | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| Explore | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| FCAT | Reading Scale Score 7th grade 389-500, 8th grade 394-500 Math Scale Score 7th grade 379-500, 8th grade 371-500 |
| Iowa Test of Basic Skills | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| ISTEP | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| MAP | 95% or above in any Academic Subject or Advanced |
| Metropolitan Achievement Test – MAT 8 | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| Minnesota Comprehensive Test | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| MCT – Mississippi Grade 7 Grade 8 |
Reading Language Mathematics 600 605 623 611 609 640 |
| Ohio Proficiency Testing | Advanced proficient in two or more academic areas (reading, writing, math or science) |
| OLSAT | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| Smarter Balance Consortium ELA or Math | Level 4 or Advanced |
| Stanford 9 & 10 | 95% or above in any Academic Subject area (Language, Listening, Problem Solving & Study Skills fall under Academic Skills area and are not acceptable) |
| State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness STARR – 7th grade |
English – raw score 43 or above Math – raw score 46 or above |
| State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness STARR – 8th grade |
English Language Arts English I Reading: raw score 45 or above English II Reading: raw score 45 or above English III Reading: raw score 44 or above Math Algebra I: raw score 42 or above Geometry I: raw score 40 or above Algebra II: raw score 32 or above Science Biology: raw score 45 or above Chemistry: raw score 43 or above Physics: raw score 39 or above Social Studies World Geography: raw score 57 or above World History: raw score 54 or above US History: raw score 55 or above |
| Texas TAKS- 7th or 8th grades | 7th grade Reading: 932 or higher Scale Score Mathematics: 929 or higher Scale Score 8th grade Social Studies 2723 or higher Science 2657 or higher |
| TCAP | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
| WISC-III | 95% or above in any Academic Subject |
You may ONLY use the following for students who do not have nationally standardized test scores, or due to testing in non-academic subjects with MAP in 5th & 6th grade:
| GPA | 3.75 – 4.0 |
| I.Q. testing | 125 or above = 95% |
Not finding a score that fits your students? Let us know and we’ll be happy to help with extenuating circumstances.