A persistent problem in education is underrepresentation of certain cultural and linguistic groups such as American Indian, African American, and Hispanic, in special programs for exceptionally talented students, especially in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The spatial analytical task, a performance-based assessment with demonstrated reliability and validity as an instrument to identify exceptionally talented students, was included with new instruments created in the Cultivating Diverse Talent in STEM (CDTIS) project. A continuum of problems, including closed, semi-open, and open-ended, was an important component of the measures, enabling the assessment of creative problem solving as well as assessment of skills such as seeing how things fit together visually and in space; through mental images, on paper, and in physical objects or forms. The spatial analytical assessment was implemented as part of a battery of instruments to identify students to participate in a special internship program. Ratings of students on the spatial analytical assessment who were identified for the internship program using the new assessments were higher than ratings for students identified using conventional methods, which demonstrates that the assessment will be a useful tool for selecting students from diverse cultural groups. The assessment has multiple purposes in addition to its use as an identification tool: evaluation of special programs, planning differentiated instruction, and as a pre- and post-measure of student gains. The test–retest reliability, and construct, concurrent, and predictive validity for secondary students need continued investigation in future studies.

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空间分析技能和能力的文化响应性评估：开发、现场测试和实施

教育中一个长期存在的问题是某些文化和语言群体，如美洲印第安人、非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人，在为特别有才华的学生特别是科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 的特殊课程中的代表性不足。空间分析任务是一项基于绩效的评估，具有可靠性和有效性，可作为识别特别有才华的学生的工具，包含在培养 STEM 中的多元化人才 (CDTIS) 项目中创建的新工具中。一系列问题，包括封闭式、半开放式和开放式，是这些措施的重要组成部分，能够评估创造性问题解决方案以及技能评估，例如观察事物如何在视觉和空间中融合在一起；通过心理图像，在纸上，并以物理对象或形式。空间分析评估是作为一系列工具的一部分实施的，以确定学生参加特殊实习计划。使用新评估为实习计划确定的学生在空间分析评估中的评分高于使用传统方法确定的学生的评分，这表明评估将成为从不同文化群体中选择学生的有用工具。除了用作识别工具外，评估还有多种用途：评估特殊课程、规划差异化教学，以及作为学生成绩的前后衡量标准。重测信度和构造、并发、