This article presents a view of barriers to effective gifted program evaluation resulting from ineffective tools for measuring growth in gifted students and the human barriers confounding the evaluation process. The role of advocacy in the design, implementation, and utilization of evaluation studies is examined. Long held beliefs and biases…

For linguistically diverse communities, researchers have long questioned assessment approaches that disregard learners' multilingualism. Our study offers potential approaches that center contextualized, multilingual knowledges and skills within classroom-based language assessments with one teacher and his English foreign language courses for…

The authors encourage those in the field of school psychology to consider the use of learning disabilities assessment practices in relation to specific American Psychological Association and National Association of School Psychologists ethical codes and in regard to the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association,…

Like any other person, Albert Einstein was an informal evaluator, engaged in placing value on various aspects of his life, work, and the world. Based on Einstein's own statements, this paper speculates about what Einstein would have been like as a connoisseur evaluator, a conceptual evaluator, or a responsive evaluator. (Author/BW)

Introduces behavioral assessment. Describes assumptions and methods of behavioral assessment and then compares and contrasts them with those of traditional assessment. Reviews recent developments in behavioral assessments. Includes two case examples that illustrate many of the principles and methods of behavioral assessment that are discussed.…

Notes that Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition (DSM-IV) will become one of most frequently used reference documents in counseling profession. Describes progress being made in development of DSM-IV, scheduled for publication in 1994. Describes revision process and proposed organizational changes and new diagnostic…

Describes family sculpting as a widely used family assessment tool which enables family members to construct a living picture of their relationships at a given point in time by arranging family members in space. Introduces the concept of family sculpting using a flannel board, which is often less threatening and more manageable for many family…

Claims a simple, reliable, and comparable measure for suicide mapping and other health problems is needed. Proposes an empirical Bayes approach whereby information from other areas is borrowed to improve the precision of the estimates of local-age specific rates in calculating directly adjusted rates, especially in areas with small population…

Compares the empirical and clinical approaches as methods for assessment of suicide risk. Concludes that the optimum approach is to utilize both methods according to differences in setting, circumstances, available time, condition and cooperativeness of the person assessed, and training experience and style of the clinician. Modifying issues for…

Reviews evaluation strategies that have been used to assess process and outcome of suicide intervention, ranging from macroanalyses of impact of crisis services on suicide rates in community to microanalyses of competence of individual suicide interventionists. Considers Suicide Intervention Response Inventory, self-administered test of suicide…

Illustrates use of time-series designs for determining efficacy of interventions with fictitious data describing drug-abuse prevention program. Discusses problems and procedures associated with time-series data analysis using Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Averages (ARIMA) models. Example illustrates application of ARIMA analysis for…

The Comprehensive Periodic Assessment Form is an innovative way to document a patient's rehabilitation progress. This nonnarrative, semi-graphical form digests onto one page many sheets of progress notes. Mobility, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), mental, and medical status over time can be ascertained at a glance. Useful for the aged patient…

Discusses developmental-eclectic model of counseling that integrates Loevinger's theory of ego development and methods to measure ego development in counseling practice. Outlines key premises associated with process of psychological development and developmental assessment; provides overview of some fundamental aspects of Loevinger's theory of ego…

Describes problems of assessing change with short time-series data: unreliability of visual inference and fact that current statistical procedures cannot control Type I error because they underestimate positive autocorrelation. Shows how problems can be solved with new interrupted time-series analysis procedure (ITSACORR) that uses more accurate…

Reviews recent advances in assessment of intelligence using procedures developed from cognitive theory and research. Appraises probable success of newer cognitive processing approaches using criteria of diagnostic utility, intervention implications, and treatment validity. Notes that neither new nor traditional intelligence tests have clearly…