Critical issues in equity and excellence in gifted education series.

An overview of alternative assessment measures for gifted learners and the issues that surround their use / Joyce VanTassel-Baska -- Nontraditional strategies for identifying nontraditional gifted and talented students / Bruce A. Bracken -- Nonverbal test scores as one component of an identification system : integrating ability, achievement, and teacher ratings / David F. Lohman & Joni Lakin -- Traditional IQ : 100 years of misconception and its relationship to minority representation in gifted programs / Jack A. Naglieri -- Using off-level testing and assessment for gifted and talented students / Paula Olszewski-Kubilius & Marilynn J. Kulieke -- Intelligence testing and cultural diversity : the need for alternative instruments, policies, and procedures / Donna Y. Ford -- Identifying low income and minority students for gifted programs : academic and affective impact of performance-based assessment / Annie Feng & Joyce VanTassel-Baska -- The Rainbow Project : using a psychological theory of giftedness to improve the identification of gifted children / Robert J. Sternberg -- The value of traditional assessments as approaches to identifying academically gifted students / Nancy M. Robinson -- Nontraditional Applications of Traditional Testing / Sylvia Rimm, Barbara Gilman, & Linda Silverman -- The role of creativity tools and measures in assessing potential and growth / Bonnie Cramond & Kyung Hee Kim -- Portfolio assessment of gifted students / Susan K. Johnsen -- Product assessment / Joseph S. Renzulli & Carolyn M. Callahan -- Using performance-based assessment to document authentic learning / Joyce VanTassel-Baska -- Epilogue : what do we know about identifying and assessing the learning of gifted students? / Joyce VanTassel-Baska