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GFT/503: Assessment for Gifted and Talented Learners
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GFT/503: Assessment for Gifted and Talented Learners
Learning assessments demonstrate learners progress in a learning area whose outcome
communicates to teachers and parents on the best way to continue with the next level learning.
There are different assessment types aimed at identifying talented and gifted students and
monitoring their ongoing progress. One is achievement tests, which determine whether students
belong to a more advanced level than their peers. These tests may include standardized tests like
SRA, SATs, and MATs or specific academic tests such as language, Math, or Arts and allows
students to portray all their knowledge ("Tests & Assessments | National Association for Gifted
Children", 2020). Examples of achievement assessments mainly designed for advanced learners
include the Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students (SAGES) and the Test of
Mathematical Abilities for Gifted Students. The other identification assessment type is Ability
tests that involve cognitive abilities, and intelligence quotient (IQ) tests that focus on a person's
intellectual abilities. Examples of these tests include the Woodcock-Johnson, Wescher
Intelligence Scale for Children, and Stanford Binet (L-M) ("Tests & Assessments | National
Association for Gifted Children", 2020). Nonverbal assessments like the Test of Nonverbal
Intelligence and Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test may also help identify gifted students from
different cultures and ethnicities. There are various asses...