What is the STAR Test?The STAR test is an adaptive achievement test, similar to the NWEA MAP test. The STAR test originally only included a reading assessment; however, it has since expanded to include early literacy and mathematics. Reading assessments can be administered to all students in grades K-12. However, the math assessment is only …
In search of a stimulating education, I’ve jumped through hoops to bypass prerequisites and other requirements, starting college before finishing high school, starting graduate school before finishing my undergraduate degree, hopping from degree to degree, and waiving prerequisites. I frequently have students who have skipped a year or more in various academic subjects, I’ve helped …
Sigh. I’ve tried to think of a more creative way to start this blog but my overwhelming sentiment is one that simply produces an exhaustively frustrated sigh. Gifted children are not zoo animals. I feel like this should be an overwhelmingly obvious statement, especially for those of us with gifted children and gifted students. Time …
In theory means it doesn’t really work. At the end of each unit, my students complete independent projects. They present their projects to their classmates and parents. We always ask the students questions at the conclusion of their presentation. One of my questions is always, “What was the most significant thing you learned from …
“In Theory Means It Doesn’t Really Work” – Best Practice -vs- Reality Read More »
Each one of my students holds a special place in my heart – ten years, thousands of students and parents – it’s been a long journey towards understanding in an effort to provide the resources that these children need so desperately. Yet, it’s been those profoundly gifted students who present with social and communicative inadequacies …
Autism –vs- Giftedness: A Neurobiological Perspective Read More »
It’s almost immediately identifiable – the moment a child is put on neurostimulants or, as I like to call them, neurological restraints. Their eyes glaze over, the sparkle in their eyes that once gave them passion now muted. Their response and engagement with their surroundings is now sluggish. It’s as if all their color has …
ADD, ADHD, Neuro-stimulants, and the Gifted Brain Read More »
Thump….Thump….Thump…Thump.Thump.Thump. I can hear my heart pounding. I can HEAR it. Can anyone else hear it? The world around me starts to blur. My thoughts are screaming in my head, but they’re breaking up. A single thought repeats itself incessantly. A million more pile on. Some are only snippets. Some are entire narratives. I’m having …
(Child A) He’s screaming, and we don’t know why. Pick him up; he screams. Put him down; he screams. It never seems to end. He’s not old enough to talk, but we know he’s not okay. He’s not happy. He’s not hungry or tired, but something is wrong. He can’t talk yet. He can’t tell …
Twice Exceptional: Gifted with Sensory Sensitivities Read More »
The CogAT is a group administered cognitive abilities test that assesses verbal, quantitative, and non-verbal abilities. The CogAT is NOT an IQ test; it focuses specifically on reasoning skills that are related to school success.
The Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition, or WISC-V, is an individually administered intelligence test, or IQ test, designed for children between the ages of 6 and 16. In total, the test only takes about an hour to administer; however, children may take the WISC-V as a part of a more comprehensive neuro-psychological evaluation which may take several hours.
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