Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide / Edition 2

by Susan K. Johnsen

Overview

The newly revised Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide is aligned with both the updated National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Pre-K-12 Gifted Program Standards and the NAGC and The Association for the Gifted, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC-TAG) professional development standards. This book is relevant in any state or setting that intends to meet these national standards and uses multiple assessments to identify gifted students within an increasingly diverse population. Designed for practicing professionals such as teachers, counselors, psychologists, and administrators, Identifying Gifted Students addresses definitions, models, and characteristics of gifted students; qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessment; culturally fair and non-biased assessment; and how to evaluate the effectiveness of identification procedures. In addition, the book provides a complete summary of all major assessment instruments, including scoring information, reliability, and validity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593637019
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/15/2011
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University where she directs the Ph.D. program and programs related to gifted and talented education. She is author of more than 250 publications related to gifted education.

Table of Contents

Preface: Overview of Assessment Susan K. Johnsen 1

Chapter 1 Definitions, Models, and Characteristics of Gifted Students Susan K. Johnsen 7

Chapter 2 Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Assessment Gail R. Ryser 37

Chapter 3 Fairness in Testing and Nonbiased Assessment Gail R. Ryser 63

Chapter 4 Technical Information Regarding Assessment Jennifer H. Robins Jennifer L. Jolly 75

Chapter 5 Making Decisions About Placement Susan K. Johnsen 119

Chapter 6 Evaluating the Eifectiveness of Identification Procedures Susan K. Johnsen 151

Appendix A National Association for Gifted Children Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards: Gifted Education Programming Criterion 2: Assessment 161

Appendix B NAGC/CEC-TAG Teacher Preparation Standards: Standard 8: Assessment 165

Appendix C Office for Civil Rights Checklist for Assessment of Gifted Programs 167

Appendix D Statistical Tools: Converting Raw Scores to Standard Scores 171

Appendix E Statistical Tools: Calculating the Standard Error of Measurement 175

About the Editor 181

About the Contributors 183

Editorial Reviews

As editor, Susan Johnsen offers a book that is both practical and informative. Designed for professionals working with the gifted and talented, her book seeks to meet the informational needs of teachers of the gifted, school administrators, psychologists, and psychometrists. Readers will find chapters that cover the gamut of gifted education basics and extend beyond to offer guidance to decision-makers seeking to identify these children for services. The books lives up to its title in that educators can turn to it as an authoritative reference in matters of assessing students and count on receiving practical and easy to implement solutions for their assessment needs.,Sandee Manning,California Association for the Gifted, 5/1/05

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