Re: ELEM: Assessment of Gifted and Talented (LONG)

[Darci Baker <darci@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

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> Date:    Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:02:11 -0700
> From:    Chris Coble <Chris_Coble@TOGETHER.CUDENVER.EDU>
> Subject: ELEM: gifted and talented
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> I have a question that one of the coordinators of the Districts Gifted
> and Talented Program is researching.  She would like to know what
> assessments are used to identify gifted students in various parts of
> the country/world.
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> Chris_Coble@together.cudenver.edu
> Slavens Elementary School
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> Hi Chris,
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> ERIC has 16 subject specific clearinghouses; one specializes in Gifted &
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> *National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
> The mission of The National Research Center on the Gifted
> and Talented is to plan and conduct theory-driven quantitative
> and qualitative research that is problem-based, practice-relevant,
> and consumer-oriented.
> http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwgt/nrcgt.html
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> *Center for Talented Development Network
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> * National Foundation for Gifted and Talented Children
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> * List of National & International Associations for Gifted Ed
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> Records Search Request
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> #1    1780    (GIFTED or TALENTED) in DE MAJ
> #2    101     #1 and ((EVALUATION METHODS OR
>                    EDUCATIONAL-ASSESSMENT) IN DE MAJ)
> #3    53      #2 and IDENTIFICATION
> #4    6       #3 and SCREENING*
> #5    9       #3 and PORTFOLIO*
> #6    10      #3 and TESTING*
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> AN: EJ527602
> AU: Plucker,-Jonathan-A.; And-Others
> TI: Wherefore Art Thou, Multiple Intelligences? Alternative Assessments
> for Identifying Talent in Ethnically Diverse and Low Income Students.
> JN: Gifted-Child-Quarterly; v40 n2 p81-92 Spr 1996
> AV: UMI
> DE: Check-Lists; Cultural-Differences; Evaluation-Methods;
> Low-Income-Groups; Minority-Groups; Primary-Education; Student-Evaluation;
> Talent-Identification; Theories-
> DE: *Ability-Identification; *Ethnic-Groups; *Gifted-Disadvantaged;
> *Performance-Based-Assessment; *Test-Reliability; *Test-Validity
> ID: Alternative-Assessment
> ID: *Multiple-Intelligences
> AB: This study evaluated the reliability and validity of a battery of
> instruments based on Multiple Intelligences theory, including teacher
> checklists and performance-based assessment activities developed for the
> identification of talent in culturally diverse and/or low-income
> kindergarten and first-grade students. Acceptable reliability but
> questionable validity were found. (Author/DB)
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> AN: EJ499302
> AU: Shaklee,-Beverly-D.; Viechnicki,-Karen-J.
> TI: A Qualitative Approach to Portfolios: The Early Assessment for
> Exceptional Potential Model.
> JN: Journal-for-the-Education-of-the-Gifted; v18 n2 p156-70 Win 1995
> AV: UMI
> DE: Early-Childhood-Education; Elementary-Education; Evaluation-Methods;
> Models-
> DE: *Ability-Identification; *Gifted-; *Portfolio-Assessment;
> *Student-Evaluation
> ID: *Early-Identification
> AB: The Early Assessment for Exceptional Potential portfolio assessment
> model assesses children as exceptional learners, users, generators, and
> pursuers of knowledge. It is based on use of authentic learning
> opportunities; interaction of assessment, curriculum, and instruction;
> multiple criteria derived from multiple sources; and systematic teacher
> preparation. The model's standards for credibility, transferability,
> dependability, and confirmability are noted. (Author/DB)
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> AN: EJ489546
> AU: Robisheaux,-Jo-Ann; Banbury,-Mary-M.
> TI: Students Who Don't Fit the Mold.
> JN: Gifted-Child-Today-Magazine; v17 n5 p28,31 Sep-Oct 1994
> AV: UMI
> DE: Educational-Strategies; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
> Evaluation-Methods; Student-Evaluation; Teaching-Methods
> DE: *Ability-Identification; *English-Second-Language;
> *Gifted-Disadvantaged; *Limited-English-Speaking
> AB: This article offers guidelines for the identification of giftedness
> among students learning English as a Second Language. It recommends the
> use of portfolio or case study procedures to identify student potential
> and offers guidelines for connecting practices in teaching English as a
> Second Language with strategies for teaching gifted students. (DB)
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