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  • This study examined the relationships among teacher rating scales and measures traditionally used to predict "schoolhouse giftedness." "Schoolhouse giftedness" refers to test taking and lesson learning giftedness (Renzulli & Reis, 1985) and is measured by standardized intelligence and academic achievement tests. Participants included 255 children, ages 5 to 6 years, nominated by teachers or parents for a gifted program. Children were divided into monolingual, bilingual or limited English proficient groups. Sixty kindergarten teachers attended a two-hour training, which focused on characteristics of gifted children and completion of teacher rating forms. Two months later, children were rated on three teacher rating scales, the Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale (GATES; Gilliam, Carpenter & Christensen, 1996), the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students and the Renzulli-Smith Early Childhood Checklist. Children who scored at or above the "borderline" range on the GATES were administered an intelligence measure (Stanford-Binet Fourth Edition), the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-educational Battery - Revised Tests of Achievement (Skills cluster and Broad Knowledge cluster) and a nonverbal measure of intelligence (Matrix Analogies Test). The three rating scales displayed significant positive correlations with the cognitive ability scores for all three groups as well as for the monolingual and bilingual groups with regard to the Skills cluster. The Renzulli-Smith Early Childhood Checklist was the only scale positively correlated with the Skills cluster for students of limited English proficiency. Teacher rating scales were not found to have significant relationships with the Broad Knowledge cluster. The GATES was not found to be the most highly correlated scale with standardized measures as hypothesized. Significant differences were not found among the correlations between rating scales and standardized measures for the three groups. None of the scales were effective in predicting group membership in the gifted group. Replacing the verbal portion of the intelligence scale with the Matrix Analogies Test resulted in a larger percentage of students of limited English proficiency falling within the gifted group. Results were discussed in terms of the limited efficacy of teacher rating scales in predicting "schoolhouse giftedness." Based on the current study, these measures must be utilized cautiously for kindergarten age children. Diversifying measures of ability and achievement and altering methods of admission for children with limited English ability were also discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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