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CCAT & Gifted Screening: A Durham Family Guide
Understand the DDSB Grade 3 gifted-screening pathway, the reasoning skills behind CCAT-style tasks, score language, placement decisions and responsible preparation.
This hub turns our earlier CCAT and DDSB research into a parent-readable series. Start with the DDSB process if your main question is what happens at school, then use the skills and practice articles to understand the reasoning itself.
Policy details can change. Pages that describe DDSB procedures are anchored to current board and Ontario sources and show a last-reviewed date. The practice articles are independent Study Commons learning guidance, not official test-preparation instructions.
CCAT and Gifted Screening in Durham: What DDSB Families Should Know
A practical map of nomination, group CCAT screening, further assessment, IPRC identification and placement in the Durham District School Board.
The 9 CCAT-Style Reasoning Skills Explained
A parent-friendly map of the verbal, quantitative and nonverbal reasoning tasks described for CCAT 7, without reproducing secure test items.
CCAT Scores: Percentile, Raw Score, Stanine and Composite Without the Confusion
How to read common cognitive-assessment score language without turning one number into a prediction of DDSB gifted placement.
How to Practise CCAT-Style Reasoning Without Memorizing Test Questions
A skill-first preparation framework built around original reasoning tasks, explanation, error analysis and gradually introduced time pressure.
Paper Folding, Figure Matrices and Classification: A Parent Guide to Nonverbal Reasoning
A practical way to teach visual rules, reflection, rotation and classification without copying secure nonverbal assessment items.
CCAT Verbal Reasoning for Bilingual Children
How language exposure can interact with verbal reasoning — and how families can build vocabulary depth without confusing language knowledge with overall cognitive ability.
An 8-Week CCAT-Style Practice Plan for Grade 3
A low-pressure progression from format familiarity to mixed reasoning, timing and error review using original practice rather than secure assessment items.
DDSB Gifted Identification vs Gifted-Class Placement: Why They Are Not the Same Thing
The policy distinction that prevents a high cognitive score from being misread as an automatic full-time gifted-class placement.
Related Study Commons practice
Build vocabulary in Word Lab, practise general reasoning, and use original examples rather than secure assessment content.