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Direct linkLakin, Joni M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
The recommendation of using "multiple measures" is common in policy guidelines for gifted and talented assessment systems. However, the integration of multiple test scores in a system that uses cut-scores requires choosing between different methods of combining quantitative scores. Past research has indicated that OR combination rules…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Tests, Scores, Cutting Scores
Peer reviewedLakin, Joni M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Ability tests are used by teachers to provide additional context for interpreting student achievement and as a tool for differentiating instruction to the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of students. Tests that provide the most useful information for these purposes measure school-related content domains including verbal and quantitative…
Descriptors: Evidence, Second Language Learning, Educational Opportunities, Cultural Background
Lakin, Joni M.; Lohman, David F. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
Effective talent-identification procedures minimize the proportion of students whose subsequent performance indicates that they were mistakenly included in or excluded from the program. Classification errors occur when students who were predicted to excel subsequently do not excel or when students who were not predicted to excel do. Using a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Predictive Validity, Nonverbal Tests, Second Language Learning
