Educational Assessment and Gifted and Talented Identification
Gifted and Talented Presentation - Part 1
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Presented by the School of Graduate Studies and the Challenging Advanced Learners Graduate Program
February 2, 2012 | 9:00AM - 3:30PM
UW-Whitewater - University Center 275 | $25
Underrepresentation of students from low-income and minority families has been a problem in gifted education since the 1970s. How can your district better locate the high-ability students who are the most often overlooked? DPI requires the identification of gifted students in grades K-12 using measures that are responsive to factors such as race, income, language, and developmental differences.
This session will be provided at a steep discount ($25) thanks to the outreach support from the UW – Whitewater School of Graduate Studies. Topics of discussion are listed below along with their approximate schedule. All are welcome to register to attend and topics will be geared toward gifted education teachers, coordinators, school counselors, psychologists, and administrators interested in gifted and talented education.
Topics of Discussion and Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
9:00 am |
Check-in |
9:30 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
9:45 am |
Gifted Education in Wisconsin (and beyond): Who are we looking For? |
10:30 am |
An Aptitude Perspective on Talent |
11:15 am |
Discussion of Frequently Asked Questions about Educational Assessment |
12:00 pm |
Lunch (provided) and Table Discussion |
1:00 pm |
Underrepresented Student Identification |
2:00 pm |
Local Norms and Group-Specific Norms |
3:00 pm |
The Cognitive Abilities Test |
3:30 pm |
Questions and Discussion |
About the Speaker: David Lohman
David F. Lohman, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations as well as the Research Director at the Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration at the University of Iowa. Along with Elizabeth Hagen, he is the co-author and developer of the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT). His recent co-authored papers on non-verbal ability tests won the prestigious “Paper of the Year Award” in 2008 and the “Paper of the Decade” award in 2010 from the National Association for Gifted Children. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society, a member of several editorial boards, and a frequent advisor to national and international testing organizations.
