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Sisk, Dorothy A. – Gifted Education International, 1988
This article discusses the validity of using conventional psychometric tests to assess the abilities of disadvantaged pupils, justifies the use of alternative assessment procedures, emphasizes the importance of changing teacher attitudes toward the disadvantaged gifted, and suggests ways to nurture and develop the talents of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged, Minority Groups
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Los Angeles, CA. – 1958
At the seventh Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems, the following speeches were given: (1) "A Guidance Person's Approach to Testing for the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Frances D. McGill; (2) "The Instructional Uses of Measurement in the Discovery and Development of Human Talent" by Roy P. Wahle; (3) "New Frontiers of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports
