SAGES – 2: Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary and Middle School Students

The SAGES- 2 subtests allow the examiner to sample aspects of the most common areas measured when identifying gifted students. It takes into consideration various Giftedness models, such as Gagne’s, Renzulli’s, and Tannenbaum’s. Because the test also includes items related to aptitude, it does not limit selection only to academically achieving gifted students. In addition, a child’s performance on three different subtests may be compared.

Performance variations on the SAGES – 2 subtests may assist in the identification of students who have acquired information in one or more of four core academic areas (Subtest 1: Mathematics/Science and Subtest 2: Language Arts/Social Studies) or who appear to have an aptitude for learning such information (Subtest 3: Reasoning). The availability of standard scores provides a more statistically sound measure of comparison.

In addition, the SAGES – 2 was initially administered only to children in gifted and talented programs. The item analysis of these data identified only those items that discriminated among the gifted group. Therefore, the test is difficult and should be able to differentiate among gifted and nongifted, even within the nomination group.