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Renzulli, Joseph S.; Smith, Linda H.; White, Alan J.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Hartman, Robert K.; Westberg, Karen L. – 2002
This manual describes development and use of the revised "Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students" (SRBCSS-R), a teacher judgment instrument appropriate for use as one measure in the identification of gifted students. Part 1 explains the judgmental and empirical procedures used to revise the items on the original…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRyan, Judith S. – Journal of Educational Research, 1983
The effectiveness of several methods used to identify intellectually superior black children was evaluated. Findings suggest that less commonly used identification methods, such as parents' opinion and the Leiter International Performance Scale, may point out these children more accurately than do traditional measures. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Black Students
Ronning, Royce R., Ed.; And Others – 1987
The 1985 Buros-Nebraska Symposium was devoted to the broad issue of the influence of cognitive psychology on testing and measurement. The (1) "Introduction: The Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Testing" (Royce R. Ronning et. al.) lists four major issues addressed by the symposium--cognitive psychology as a basis for questioning some…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes
Safrit, Margaret J.; Wood, Terence M. – 1981
The use of motor ability tests to achieve sex-fair ability groups should be considered from three standpoints--task specificity, sex differences, and individual learning differences. Motor ability is frequently described as an individual's present ability to perform motor skills. Although several motor ability tests have been constructed for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Classification, Coeducation
Gavin, Anne T. – 1977
Content validity involves a judgment that all knowledges, skills, abilities, and other worker characteristics (KSAOs) needed for successful job performance (or a specified portion, the job content domain), have been adequately sampled by the tests used for employee selection and promotion decision making. The model outlines the procedure for…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Equivalency Tests, Government Employees, Job Analysis
Direct linkHogan, Thomas P. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Following a practical approach, this book focuses on educational assessment as it is practiced today, in the actual world of classrooms, school systems, state departments, and national organizations. It first covers the basic concepts applicable to all types of assessment: statistical concepts, reliability, validity, and interpretive frameworks.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Statistics, Test Reliability, Test Validity
