Focuses on one of the most widely debated topics in the field, addressing the challenges educators face in attempting to accurately identify gifted and talented students.Focuses on one of the most widely debated topics in the field, addressing the challenges educators face in attempting to accurately identify gifted and talented students.About the Editors Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis Introduction to Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs - Joseph S. Renzulli 1. Is Any Identification Procedure Necessary? - Jack W. Birch 2. Myth: There Must be Winners and Losers in Identification and Programming! - Carolyn M. Callahan 3. The Role of Creativity in the Identification of the Gifted and Talented - E. Paul Torrance 4. Identifying Young, Potentially Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged Students - James H. Borland, Lisa Wright 5. Nonentrenchment in the Assessment of Intellectual Giftedness - Robert J. Sternberg 6. Lies We Live By: Misapplication of Tests in Identifying the Gifted - Robert J. Sternberg 7. Myth: The Gifted Constitutes 3-5% of the Population - Joseph S. Renzulli 8. The Legacy and Logic of Research on the Identification of Gifted Persons - Joseph S. Renzulli, Marcia A. B. Delcourt 9. Problems in the Identification of Giftedness, Talent, or Ability - John F. Feldhusen, J. William Asher, and Steven M. Hoover 10. Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted - Camilla Persson Benbow, Lola L. Minor 11. Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark's Drawing Abilities Test - Gilbert Clark 12. The Characteristics Approach: Identification and Beyond - Sylvia Rimm 13. The Influence of Identification Practices, Race and SES on the Identification of Gifted Students - Jamieson A. McKenzilÓ$