The project entitled investigations into instruments used in the identification of gifted students and the evaluation of gifted programs was divided into two avenues of study the first series of inquiries are reported in the technical report document entitled instruments used in the identification of gifted and talented students the second series of studies which are reported in this document focused on documenting current practices in the evaluation of gifted programs and on . Instruments and evaluation designs used in gifted programs carol tomlinson pdf download free pdf free pdf download pdf pdf pdf download pdf package pdf premium pdf package download full pdf package this paper a short summary of this paper instruments and evaluation designs used in gifted programs . Instruments and evaluation designs used in gifted programs callahan carolyn m tomlinson carol a hunsaker scott l bland lori c moon tonya this report presents results of a series of studies documenting current practices in the evaluation of gifted programs and investigating the factors which make evaluation more useful to decision makers. The investigation involved establishing several databases containing three kinds of information 1 abstracts of articles relating to evaluation utility and the evaluation of gifted programs 2 instruments that have been used by other school districts in the evaluation of gifted programs as well as reviews of these instruments and 3 actual evaluations used across the nation to assess the effectiveness of gifted programs