| Test Number | 28 |
| Title | Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scales (GATES) |
| Author | Gilliam, J. E.; Carpenter, B.O.; Christensen, J. R. |
| Category | Rating Scale |
| Copyright Date | 1996 |
| Availability | From publisher |
| Restrictions | Any professional familiar with the student |
| Age/Grade Level | Ages 5-18 |
| Cost | $86.00 per complete Kit; |
| Forms | |
| Source | Pro-Ed, Inc. |
| Address | 8700 Shoal Creek Boulevard Austin, TX 78757-6897 |
| Phone | 800-897-3202 |
| Fax | 800-397-7633 |
| web or e-mail | http://www.proedinc.com |
| Definition | |
| Purposes | Designed as a quick approach for identifying students who are gifted and talented based on current federal and state definitions. |
| Characteristics | Generating Ideas Digging Deeper into Ideas Openness and Courage to Explore Ideas Listening to One's Inner Voice |
| Manual |
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| Good | Thorough, clearly written manual |
| Validity |
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| Fair | Content validity ranged from .85 to .91 for correlations of creativity scale with other creativity indexes or rating scales. Some evidence of construct validity for intercorrelations among students, item validity. Significant correlations with teacher rat |
| Reliability |
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| Fair | Internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha)>.90. Test-retest reliability .43 (creativity), .68 on artistic talent. |
| Utility |
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| Good | Five scales, with 50 items (10 items in creativity scale). The respondent rates on a 9 point scale, comparing the student to “average students of the same age” for each item. Conditions for appropriate use are described and explained. |
| Interpretation |
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| Good | Norms were established on 1,083 students in 32 states and Canada (students identified as G/T). Used 1990 census data relative to gender, geographic location, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Provides demographic information about norm group, and includes standard scores, percentile ranks, and data regarding standard error of measurement. |
| Propriety |
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| Fair | Information about appropriate use of the instrument; includes cautions about not using the result as a single source for identification. |
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