Is Using the Ravens Progressive Matrices a Good Idea?.
Gifted Child Quarterly, 39(4), 209-17. The Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM) and the Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) were evaluated as possible instruments for identifying academically talented students in minority populations. A significantly higher proportion of minority children scored well on the RPM than on a traditional measure. Issues and concerns about using the APM as the sole identification measure are raised. Passow, A. et al. (1996). Toward Improving Identification of Talent Potential among Minority and Disadvantaged Students. Roeper Review, 18(3), 198-202. Suggestions are made for a new paradigm for identifying talent potential in underserved populations. Suggestions focus on dynamic assessment of gifted behaviors within students’ own sociocultural contexts, more varied and more authentic assessment, and integrating identification processes with learning opportunities. Plucker, J.A. et al. (1996). Wherefore Art Thou, Multiple Intelligences? Alternative Assessm
