Baylor TIP
We are thrilled to officially launch the Baylor TIP program this fall. Visit our Sign Up page to ensure you are on our e-mail list.
The Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development is thrilled to launch Baylor Talent Identification Program (TIP). Baylor TIP offers above-grade-level assessments for students in Grades 4 and 5 and Grades 7 and 8. Read more about the new initiative!
Mission
To identify exceptional talent in STEM and the humanities and provide world-class learning opportunities commensurate with students’ exceptional potential.
Goals
- Provide transformative learning opportunities to precollegiate students in the areas of STEM and the humanities.
- Identify and recruit diverse students from Texas and surrounding areas with the ability, interest, and motivation to achieve at exceptional levels.
- Prepare precollegiate students for exceptional achievement by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment in a caring environment.
Talent Search Process
- Register for and take the above-level the College Readiness Assessment (CRA) or the Indicator of Academic Readiness (IAR). Tests can be taken online or in paper form.
- After taking the assessment, students will receive a detailed score report that includes educational recommendations.
- All students who qualify for Baylor TIP are eligible to participate in enrichment and accelerated learning opportunities offered by the Center, including University for Young People (UYP).
- Students will be honored in a recognition ceremony, which will be held in May each year.
Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students will take either the CRA 8/9 or IAR 8/9 exam. Seventh- and eighth-grade students will take either the CRA or IAR exam.
Registration
Individual students who are interested in taking an above-level test will register through this website. All individual students will take the assessment online at their convenience. It is web-based, so no special software is needed.
School district administrators who are interested in assessing multiple students should contact baylortip@baylor.edu for more information.