Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners

ISBN 10: 1032259876 / ISBN 13: 9781032259871

Published by Routledge, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032259876
• ISBN 13: 9781032259871
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This essential handbook is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the assessment of gifted and advanced students and their programs, and a must-have resource for coordinators and directors at state and local levels.

Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners explores issues associated with building an effective identification system, clarifies and interprets the need for targeted learning progress assessments for gifted learners, and discusses program evaluation, assessments, and processes used to gauge programs’ success. Engaging chapters written by both academic and practitioner experts provide research-based, practical ideas for identifying and measuring the progress of gifted and advanced learners. Readers will benefit from informed recommendations stemming from current research conducted specifically for this text.

About the Author

Susan K. Johnsen is Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology at Baylor University and Editor-in-Chief of Gifted Child Today.

Joyce VanTassel-Baska is the Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary in Virginia.