Doing It Differently: Alternative Assessment Strategies - NAGC

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The Use of Nonverbal Testsfor Assessing Ability• Nonverbal approaches are as valid to get at gfactor intelligence as any other means.• School achievement is predicated on operatingeffectively in a verbal medium.• Use of nonverbal subject matter can matchbetter to students identified through suchassessment.• More low income and minority students can beaccessed for gifted programs by including anonverbal assessment tool.
Instruments in Use• UNIT Test (Bracken & McCallum)• CoGAT (Lohman & Hagen et al.)• Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (Naglieri)*Every test used may yield different studentsat the top. THERE IS NO MAGIC TEST.*Nonverbal tests are not a panacea forfinding underrepresented groups.
Page 1: Doing It Differently:AlternativeAss
Page 4 and 5: Overview of Identification Issues i
Page 8 and 9: Group Discussion Activity• What n
Page 10 and 11: Factors Contributing to Educational
Page 12 and 13: Self Perception as a Filterto Adult
Page 14 and 15: Promising Identification Approaches
Page 16 and 17: Summary (cont.)• Teachers and gif
Page 18 and 19: Sample Verbal ItemYear Round School
Page 20 and 21: Student Quotes• “The program is
Page 22 and 23: Implications for the Identification
Page 24 and 25: Summary of FindingsLow Income Afric
Page 26 and 27: Summary of Findingsfor Twice-Except
Page 28 and 29: Assessing Gifted Student Learning
Page 30 and 31: Student math Project: MiddleSchool
Page 32 and 33: Portfolios• Ask students to selec
Page 34 and 35: Implications for School Leaders•
Page 36: People have a basic human right to

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