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An Evaluation of the Elementary Student Talent Search by Families and Schools

Mary Ann Swiatek

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students

Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students

Talent searches for seventh and eighth graders have extensive empirical support, and the model has been successfully extended to elementary students. Research has focused on participants earning high scores on above-level tests, however, not typical participants. Here, 597 families and 93 schools that participated in the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary Students (C-MITES) Elementary Student Talent Search (ESTS) completed follow-up surveys designed to measure the typical participant’s satisfaction with the program and use of test scores. Families were very satisfied with their ESTS experience, but above-level test scores were not often used by schools. The most common use of the scores was to qualify students for extracurricular programs. School personnel appear to lack understanding of the information to be gained from above-level test scores despite literature provided to them by the talent searches. Talent search organizations need to find creative ways of educating schools about their services so that benefits to all participants can be maximized.

Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3, 247-259 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/001698620504900306
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