S2.8.1 Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of Assessments of Giftedness and Talent

Our purpose is to present the process and results of an international project to develop criteria and procedures for evaluating the quality of assessments. Although these criteria and procedures are designed for all types of assessments and for multiple purposes, the emphasis in this symposium will be on the criteria related to assessment of giftedness and talent in diverse populations. Representatives from the committees will present the quality indicators and describe the test evaluation process.

Author(s):

C. June Maker
junemaker@hotmail.com
University of Arizona
United States

C. June Maker, PhD, is Professor Emerita, University of Arizona. She is associate editor for Gifted and Talented International and International Journal of Research in Education, Editorial Board member for the Gifted Child Quarterly, Advisory Board member of the Bulletin of Special Education (BSE), and editorial board member for other international journals. In 2015, she received the International Research Award from WCGTS and Doctor of Letters Degree from Western Kentucky University. Her research is on performance-based assessments and creativity development. She is a frequent keynote speaker. The website for her project, DISCOVER, is www.discover.arizona.edu, and her email is junemaker@hotmail.com.

Ketty Sarouphim-McGill
ksarufim@lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University
Lebanon

Ketty Sarouphim-McGill, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at the Lebanese American University. She has researched performance-based assessments and programs for gifted students for many years, and is an expert in test development and evaluation. She has presented her work at international conferences and has published many articles in refereed academic journals.

Julia Link Roberts
julia.roberts@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

Julia Link Roberts is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. She is the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. Dr. Roberts is president of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. She is on the board of The Association for the Gifted, chair of the Kentucky Advisory Board for Gifted and Talented Children, and a member of the board of the Kentucky Association for Gifted and Talented Children.