GIFTED EVALUATION SCALE Fourth Edition (GES-4) by Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D. & edited by Samm N. House  2018

Editoral Review

The Gifted Evaluation Scale-Fourth Edition (GES-4) subscales are based on the gifted and talented characteristics identified in the Gifted and Talented Children’s Education Act of 1978 and included in the current federal definition in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The GES-4 subscales are• Intellectual,• Creativity,• Specific Academic Aptitude,• Leadership Ability, and• Performing & Visual Arts.An optional subscale, Motivation, is available to accommodate those states which require documentation of this characteristic in the identification process of gifted/talented students. During development, the GES-4 was subjected to rigorous field testing by teachers from all grade levels (K-12) which resulted in the 48 items included in the scale. The GES-4 was standardized on 2,114 students, 6 through 16 years of age. Demographic characteristics of the standardization sample approximate national percentages for gender, race, ethnicity, geographic area, and occupation of parents. Internal consistency reliability was .99 for the total score. Test-retest reliability yielded correlation coefficients exceeding .90 for each of the subscales. Coefficients for inter-rater reliability for the subscales ranged from .98 to .99 for all age levels. Content validity was established through the initial development process. The scale was com-pared to the Gifted Rating Scales-School Form (GRS-S) and the Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scales (GATES) as a measure of concurrent validity with all subscales correlating significantly. Criterion-related validity indicated that the GES-4 was effective in differentiating between students that are gifted and talented and those who are not. The GES-4 uses frequency-referenced quantifiers. Each item on the GES-4 is rated on a five point scale from (1) DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE THE BEHAVIOR OR SKILL to (5) DEMONSTRATES THE BEHAVIOR OR SKILLAT ALL TIMES (CONSISTENTLY). Following administration, five types of scores may be obtained: frequency rating for each item (reflecting the degree of success in performing a behavior), subscale raw score (the sum of the frequency ratings for each subscale), subscale standard score (a consistent basis for comparing students), percentile (a measure for comparing the student’s performance to the performance of other students), and a quotient score (a global index of all characteristics measured within the total scale). Using the subscale standard scores, a profile of the student’s level of functioning across the five subscales may be constructed. The GES-4 takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and can be completed by anyone familiar with the student: the classroom teacher, clinical personnel, or other school personnel. The GES-4 complete kit consists of a technical manual, rating forms, and the Gifted Intervention Manual which contains goals, objectives, and intervention/instruc-tional strategies for the behaviors identified by the GES-4. The GES-4 is a valuable tool to assist school personnel in making diagnostic and program planning decisions.
for gifted and talented children and adolescents. Further, basing the GES-4 on the most commonly used definition of giftedness, coupled with the measurability and specificity of the items, makes such decisions more defensible.

Product Details

· Paperback: Complete Kit
· Author: by Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D. & edited by Samm N. House
· Publisher: Haw Thorne ( Jan 15, 2018)
· Language: English
· ISBN-13:
· Product Dimensions: Complete KIT
· Shipping Weight: 10 pounds