The Hartnett, Nelson, and Rinn 2004 study indicates that diagnostic confusion between ADD/ADHD and giftedness exists, and that research on medication practices is warranted. Mika disagrees, saying that there is no empirical evidence of misdiagnosis of gifted children as having ADD/ADHD. We disagree with Mika's logic, and describe evidence that…

In this article, the author describes how difficult it is to know how critically literate her students are in the adult senior high school in which she is a teacher-librarian. She assumes that many would have gaps in their learning, including gaps in information and critical literacy skills, and that they were likely to approach all online…

When Educational Testing Service (ETS) was first approached by college librarians, professors, and administrators to develop an assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy, there was a resounding concern: incoming students could use technology for entertainment purposes, but many did not have the ICT literacy skills to do…

Typical standardized achievement tests cannot provide accurate information about gifted students' abilities because they are not challenging enough for such students. Talent searches solve this problem through above-level testing--using tests designed for older students to raise the ceiling for younger, gifted students. Currently, talent search…

In traditional signaling models, education provides a way for individuals to sort themselves by ability. Employers in turn use education to statistically discriminate, paying wages that reflect the average productivity of workers with the same given level of education. In this paper, we provide evidence that education (specifically, attending…

This reports on a public school system's implementation of a new selection process for classes for the gifted, which was designed to increase the pool of eligible children and to minimize the impact of biases of opportunity, language, and cultural saturation. This study compares the new mode of selecting gifted children (based upon parent…

DURING A THREE-SEMESTER PERIOD, STUDENTS WITH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TEST (SCAT) SCORES BELOW THE 17TH PERCENTITLE WERE ENROLLED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS IN SPECIAL CLASSES IN ENGLISH, SPEECH, AND PSYCHOLOGY, PLUS ONE ELECTIVE. CONTROL GROUPS FOR COMPARISON WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM OTHER STUDENTS IN THE SAME SCAT GROUP. MORALE IN THESE…

ASPECTS OF PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING FACTORS IN IDENTIFYING PUPILS WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES, TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL STUDENTS, AND PRACTICES USED TO CHALLENGE GIFTED PUPILS. SEVEN CASE STUDIES OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES WHO PROFITED FROM THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED THEM ARE…

A COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO FORMULATE A POLICY STATEMENT IS REPORTED WHICH WOULD GIVE DIRECTION TO LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN IDENTIFYING THE PUPILS OF HIGH ABILITY, IN PLANNING WORTHY ACTIVITIES, AND IN ADMINISTERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HIGH ABILITY WAS DEFINED TO ENCOMPASS ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL ABILITY, BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIFIC, WHICH RISE ABOVE…

The purpose of this study was to determine the discriminatory ability of eight selected skill tests in evaluating the abilities of a group of male basketball players. The raw scores of the skill tests for each participant were analyzed by a stepwise discriminant analysis procedure. The results of this study indicate that a test battery comprised…

This booklet provides a synthesis of the few existing well-designed studies of ability grouping's status and impact. The body of the report has three main sections: preliminary statements, conclusions, and recommendations. The preliminary statements serve to define ability grouping and outline the ways in which it is used. The conclusions are…

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the "amount" and "kind" of mathematical information possessed by children at the time of kindergarten entrance, and (2) to investigate relationships between mathematical information held by these children and residence (advantaged/disadvantaged), training (pre-school/no school),…

From the ideas well set forth by Ferguson, Messick and others, a method was sought that would identify different abilities that entered at different stages in a task. The method selected should meet Cronbach's criterion that it would consider individual differences as well as group performance. Tucker's (1960, 1966) method seemed to be able to…

A discussion of learning potential among educable retardates reflects the author's findings that some solved difficult problems on the Kohs block designs, some did not do well at first but improved after coaching, and some did not do well before or after coaching. Additional studies of these highscorers, gainers, and nongainers are cited which…