Identifying gifted students: a practical guide

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface Overview of Assessment -- Chapter 1 Definitions, Models, and Characteristics of Gifted Students -- Chapter 2 Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Assessment -- Chapter 3 Fairness in Testing and Nonbiased Assessment -- Chapter 4 Technical Information Regarding Assessment -- Chapter 5 Making Decisions About Placement -- Chapter 6 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Identification Procedures -- Appendix A National Association for Gifted Children Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards: Gifted Education Programming Criterion 2: Assessment -- Appendix B NAGC/CEC-TAG Teacher Preparation Standards: Standard 4: Assessment -- Appendix C Office for Civil Rights Checklist for Assessment of Gifted Programs -- Appendix D Statistical Tools: Converting Raw Scores to Standard Scores -- Appendix E Statistical Tools: Calculating the Standard Error of Measurement -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.

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 administ