Creativity Assessment

Test Number	29
Title	Gifted and Talented Screening Form
Author	Johnson, D. L.
Category	Self-Report Inventory
Copyright Date
Availability	Out of print
Restrictions
Age/Grade Level	Grades K-9
Cost	No current information available
Forms	One
Source	No current information available
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Definition
Purposes	Designed to identify gifted and talented students on items covering academics, intelligence, creativity, leadership, visual arts, performing arts, psychomotor-athletics, and psychomotor mechanics.
Characteristics	Openness and Courage to Explore Ideas Listening to One's Inner Voice

Manual
Fair	The manual lacks much information needed to fairly assess an instrument of this kind. Discussion of supporting evidence, directions, scoring instructions, theoretical rationale, target populations and uses are limited.

Validity
Fair	Sample group consisted of 40 students per group across eight grade levels.External validity evidence was gathered from more than 18 different school districts, however the number and a detailed description of the subjects were not reported. The correlatio

Reliability
Fair	The sample group consisted of 40 students per group across eight grade levels. Split-half reliability of r=.90 is reported. Individual item correlations with total score ranged from .49 to .69. The size of the sample was very small.

Utility
Fair	The teacher rates students on 24 items. The test is administered individually. It is untimed and takes under 10 minutes. Scoring is local and by hand. The items seem straight forward and easy to score.

Interpretation
Poor	The limited data make the scores difficult to interpret and apply.

Propriety
Poor	Information not available

Reviews & Related Lit

MMY #9, 1985: Renzulli, J. S. “No one expects a rating scale to possess the technical qualification or supportive data that typically is reported for achievement tests; however, it is inexcusable to offer for public consumption a commercial instrument that is little more than a list of largely unverified generalizations about the characteristics of gifted and talented students… My only recommendation is that persons looking for a teacher rating scale to assist in the identification of gifted and talented students should be advised to look elsewhere.”