The School Assistance Team (SAT) is responsible for ordering screening materials. Test protocols and screening measures will not be provided by the Gifted Resource Center or APS Special Education Department.

Obtain a current Harcourt Educational Measurement Catalog from The Psychological Corporation (1-800-225-5425). Refer to the list at the bottom of this section or on pages 48-49 in the APS Gifted Handbook for suggested screening measures.

Every APS elementary and middle school was provided a Naglieri Noverbal Ability Test (NNAT) packet of screening materials. According to the National Association for Gifted Children, this current test provides a culture-fair and language-free means of determining students’ nonverbal reasoning and problem-solving ability, regardless of educational or cultural background.

Link to GT Handbook p. 32 (Pre-referral Considerations)

Link to GT Handbook p. 33 (Factors Affecting Assessment of Giftedness)

Link to GT Handbook p. 42 (SAT Interventions/ Private Evaluations)

Link to GT Handbook p. 45 (Screening Process)

Link to GT Handbook p. 46 (Best Practices for Screening Potentially Gifted Students)

Link to GT Handbook p. 48-49 (Possible Screening Instruments for Intellectual Ability)

Best practices recommend:

• Use a variety of measures to document student strengths both in and out of school. As score on one screening measure may not always give enough information to the evaluation specialist.

• Refer to GT Handbook page 47. The list includes eight categories of characteristics of gifted students and suggestions for documenting strengths.

• At the elementary level, many teachers are using the KOI, Kingore Observational Inventory. It successfully increases the opportunities to identify difficult to find children by recording characteristics. Products from activities can be used as documentation of characteristics of giftedness and serves as an instructional focus.

• Observational of seven categories or characteristics typical of gifted children
• Over 55 classroom activities
• K-8

• Create a data base: Start collecting data from the students you are screening.

• NNAT (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test)

• Non-verbal
• K ? 12^th grades
• 30 minutes
• Individual or group

• K-BIT (Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test)

• Measures verbal/non-verbal cognitive abilities
• K ? Adult
• Approximately 1 hour (time varies with age)
• Individual

• RAVENS PROGRESSIVE MATRICES

• Non-verbal
• Reasoning/critical thinking
• All ages
• Unlimited time (approximately 45 minutes)
• Individual/Small group

• OLSAT (Otis Lennon School Ability Test)

• MAT (Matrix Analogies Test)