This revision of Identifying Gifted Students A Practical Guide is aligned with both the updated National Association for Gifted Children NAGC PreKGrade 12 Gifted Programming Standards and the NAGC and The Association for the Gifted Council for Exceptional Children CECTAG professional development standards. This book is relevant in any state or setting that intends to meet these national standards and uses multiple assessments to identify gifted students within an increasingly diverse population. Designed for practicing professionals such as teachers counselors psychologists and administrators Identifying Gifted Students addresses definitions models and characteristics of gifted students qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessment culturally fair and nonbiased assessment and how to evaluate the effectiveness of identification procedures.