Application Procedure

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Starpoint School Admissions

We are pleased that you have expressed an interest in the Starpoint School at Texas Christian University. Starpoint School is a laboratory school that has served children with learning challenges in the Fort Worth area for more than sixty years.

We receive many applications each year and have only a few available places for new students. Students are chosen by a variety of criteria: age, testing, profiles, and openings available. The child that best fits our program might typically be of average to above average intelligence, has completed a kindergarten class and has demonstrated learning differences and/or attentional difficulties with no significant behavioral problems.

After diagnostic review, if applicant’s needs are within the range that we serve, you will be contacted to arrange a day for him/her to visit Starpoint usually during the months of February and March. Please note that these visits do not guarantee admission to the school. Placement decisions are usually made by the end of April.

TCU sets the tuition each year and makes that information available to us in the spring. Financial aid is available for qualified families based on need.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Jan Lacina, Ph.D.
Interim Director for Starpoint School
Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair for Early Childhood

LaJean Sturman
Admissions Starpoint School

Application Procedure

Diagnostic Report – Sent from the agency or individual performing the evaluation.
Records Release Form – Sent by parents to present school and the agency or individual who gave the evaluation.
Confidential Teacher Evaluation – Sent by parent to student’s classroom teacher(s) for completion. The completed form should be returned by the teacher directly to Starpoint School by email, FAX, or post.
Student Information Form – Completed by parents and returned to Starpoint School. Parents should include detailed information.
Child Visit – During the spring semester you will be contacted by one of our teachers to plan a day visit for your child.

Screening Requirements

Starpoint School requires the following assessment information in order to be considered for admission. These tests can be administered by your local public school district staff or a variety of private and non-profit agencies. We can give you the names of diagnosticians with whom we are familiar if you do not have one.

Test Information Required for Placement Consideration

One individually administered intelligence test
One Individually administered academic achievement battery

These Tests Are Preferable

Acceptable Individually Administered Intelligence Tests

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children V
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children III NU
Woodcock–Johnson Test of Cognitive Ability V

Acceptable Individually Administered Achievement Batteries

Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement V
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement 3
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test V
Wide Range Achievement Test (least preferable) V
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing 2
Gray Oral Reading Tests 5

Other testing information helpful in placement consideration would be behavioral or academic checklists, speech and language assessments and tests of perceptual or visual motor skills. The admissions committee may consider some variations to the assessment requirements, but may request additional testing as well.

Other information beneficial to us in assessing the suitability of a placement at Starpoint School for your child would include:

School progress reports (grades and comments) for each year
Samples of recent work in reading, math and writing