Rocklin Unified School District

GATE

The mission of the Rocklin Unified School District’s Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program is to identify gifted and high-achieving students, including those from diverse racial, socio-economic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds, and to provide high-quality, differentiated instructional learning opportunities that meet the needs of these students’ unique abilities.

The Rocklin Unified School District’s GATE Program aims to provide differentiated learning opportunities for identified students during the regular school day. Differentiation is a process of modifying curriculum content and/or teaching methodologies used with the core curriculum so that students may learn at their own ability level and their own pace. Strategies used may include, but are not limited to, flexible grouping, acceleration, in-depth study, complexity, and novelty. Rocklin Unified offers GATE clusters at elementary schools or self-contained GATE classes at Rocklin Elementary.

What is Differentiated Education?

GATE TESTING Timeline for RUSD Students

RUSD 1st Grade Students

Test Details
- All first-grade students enrolled in a RUSD school will be administered the RAVEN 2 unless their parent/legal guardian opts them out. The RAVEN 2 is completed during the school day. Any student absent from school on the day of testing will be given one make-up option predetermined by our GATE test proctor. There will be an additional make-up session offered after school at a centrally located school site in May if a student misses both testing opportunities at their school. The GATE test window for students is January 1st through February 1st each school year.
Results
- Parents/Legal Guardians will be notified on February 5th of student test results through Parent Square. Families may pick up their child’s GATE score report after March 15th at their child’s school office. Students who qualify for GATE will have the opportunity to enter the Rocklin Elementary School 2nd Grade Self-Contained GATE Classroom lottery.
GATE Placement
- Students who qualify for GATE will automatically be placed in a GATE cluster classroom at their home school the following school year. GATE-qualified students will also have the option to sign up for GATE Self-Contained Classrooms at Rocklin Elementary through our lottery process. The lottery process will open in February for first-grade GATE-qualified students. For more information on our GATE program at Rocklin Elementary, please contact Renae Robertson at rrobertson@rocklinusd.org.
Please view our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

RUSD 3rd and 5th Grade Students (by sign-up)

Testing Details
- Students enrolled in a RUSD school who signed up for testing will take the RAVEN 2 at their school site during their school day. Legal guardians will be notified through ParentSquare of their child’s test date. Any student absent from school on the day of testing will be given one make-up option predetermined by our GATE test proctor. There will be an additional makeup session offered after school at a centrally located school site if a student misses both testing opportunities at their school. The GATE test window for 3rd and 5th-grade students is January 1st through February 1st of each school year.
Results
- Parents/Legal Guardians will be notified at the end of February of student test results through Parent Square. Families may pick up their child’s GATE score report after March 15th at their child’s school office.
GATE Placement
- Students who qualify for GATE will automatically be placed in a GATE cluster classroom at their home school the following school year. GATE-qualified students in grades 2-6 may inquire about space availability in our Rocklin Elementary School self-contained GATE classes by contacting Renae Robertson at rrobertson@rocklinusd.org
Please view our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

Qualified GATE Students

Elementary students who qualify for GATE will automatically be placed in a GATE cluster classroom at their home school the following school year. GATE-qualified students will also have the option to sign up for GATE Self-Contained Classrooms at Rocklin Elementary through our lottery process. The lottery process will open in February for first-grade GATE-qualified students. GATE-qualified students in grades 2-5 may inquire about our lottery and waitlist process by contacting Renae Robertson at rrobertson@rocklinusd.org.

RUSD accepts GATE status of incoming students with verification of GATE records from the previous school district.

Non RUSD Students

Out of District Students OR Non-Traditional RUSD Schools (Charter Schools) and make ups for those who missed the January testing window

1st Grade
- 1st grade students outside of Rocklin Unified School District who are interested in Rocklin Elementary’s Self-Contained GATE program may sign up for the GATE test by visiting our RUSD website. Testing will take place in January (date and time TBD) at Rocklin Elementary School. Students who meet GATE criteria will be notified by February 5th and can request to be submitted into Rocklin Elementary’s GATE 2nd grade classroom lottery.
- Grade 1 Sign Up
Grades 2-7
- Students in grades 1-7 who missed the fall GATE testing window and are pre-enrolled in RUSD schools for the upcoming school year may sign up for the GATE test by visiting our RUSD website. Testing will take place in June (date and time TBD) at the RUSD district office. Students who meet GATE criteria will be notified with test results within one week of completing testing.
- Grade 3, 5 & 6 Sign Up