Varied Assessment Methods for Gifted Students

About This Course

Gifted students have special needs for instruction and benefit from increased rigor in the expectations of their assessments. This assessment models course will teach you about the three types of assessments (pre, formative, and summative) and discuss the importance of differentiating rigor, especially when assessing your gifted students. You will learn ideas for creating tests and administering varied assessments to your students with a plan for implementation in your classroom. The course comes with 17 templates and samples to guide you in the design of your assessments and support the growth and progress of your gifted students in your classroom.

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In this course, you will:

• Understand how gifted students differ from typically developing students
• Evaluate methods to assess the growth and progress of gifted students, aside from standard pencil and paper tests
• Analyze pre-assessments for gifted students
• Review summative assessments and their importance in the backward planning process
• Explore strategies to monitor the progress of your gifted students through formative assessments