Alternative Assessments: With Gifted and Talented Students

Alternative Assessments With Gifted and Talented Students provides a concise and thorough introduction to methods for identifying gifted students in the school setting.

Including overviews of assessment tools and alternative methods of assessment, as well as pertinent discussions concerning the need to identify gifted and talented students, this book combines research and experience from top scholars in the field of gifted education in a convenient guide for teachers, administrators, and gifted education program directors.

Topics covered include the need for nonverbal testing with traditionally unidentified students
the identification of students from minority populations
the value of using traditional assessments with students
the role of creativity tools as a measure of giftedness
and the use of portfolios, products, and performance-based assessment to document learning
among others. This handy guide to assessing and identifying gifted students is a necessity for anyone serving and working with this population.

A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (Washington, DC)This designation indicates that this book has been jointly developed with NAGC and that this book passes the highest standards of scholarship, research, and practice.