Essentials of Gifted Assessment

A comprehensive guide to identifying and supporting uniquely bright and talented learners

Early identification and intervention greatly benefits gifted students who may otherwise never realize their full potential. Essentials of Gifted Assessment is an evidence–based overview of what makes students gifted, how giftedness is best identified, and strategies for promoting achievement in high–ability students.

Author Steven Pfeiffer is a leading expert in the field of gifted assessment and in Essentials of Gifted Assessment he presents his influential tripartite model of giftedness. This model goes well beyond the 20th–century focus on IQ scores, taking into account achievement and potential in a variety of areas for a more nuanced and practical perspective. With reference to this and other models, Essentials of Gifted Assessment reviews a range of assessment tools for their research–supported validity and clinical utility.

Each chapter contains self–test questions and quick–reference boxes that facilitate both retention of new information and later review. Steven Pfeiffer has also dedicated a chapter to answering the most Frequently Asked Questions about gifted assessment.

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:

Essentials of Assessment Report Writing

Essentials of Processing Assessment, 2e

Essentials of WIAT®–II and KTEA–II Assessment

Essentials of WJ IV® Tests of Achievement

Essentials of WPPSI–IV Assessment

Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring

Interventions for Unique Learners

Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification

Essentials of Evidence–Based Academic Interventions

STEVEN I. PFEIFFER, PHD, is a licensed psychologist and Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the combined School Psychology and Counseling Psychology program at Florida State University. An authority on the psychology of giftedness, he is the lead author of the Gifted Rating Scales, a widely used measure to help identify gifted students published by Pearson Assessment. Previously, Dr. Pfeiffer served as Executive Director of Duke University′s acclaimed precollegiate gifted program.