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Direct linkSwiatek, Mary Ann – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2007
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…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Achievement Tests
Peer reviewedSwiatek, Mary Ann; Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ann – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2005
Talent searches for seventh and eighth graders have extensive empirical support, and the model has been successfully extended to elementary students. Research has focused on participants earning high scores on above-level tests, however, not typical participants. Here, 597 families and 93 schools that participated in the Carnegie Mellon Institute…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Talent, Ability Identification, Gifted
Peer reviewedLupkowski-Shoplik, Ann; Swiatek, Mary Ann – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1999
A study explored whether the 95th percentile qualifying score cutoff in use by the Elementary Student Talent Search was appropriate for 2,926 third to sixth graders who took the EXPLORE test. Results indicated participants earn EXLORE scores that are approximately normally distributed and that they compare favorably to eighth-grade norms.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria
