VanTassel-Baska (gifted education, The College of William and Mary, Virginia) presents 15 chapters considering issues in the assessment of talented and gifted students using alternatives to traditional IQ tests. Scholars in education discuss topics that include: nonverbal test scores as a component of an identification system, the relationship of traditional IQ to minority representation in gifted programs, off-level testing and assessment, intelligence testing and cultural diversity, the identification of low-income and minority students for gifted programs through performance-based assessment, use of a psychological theory of giftedness to improve the identification of gifted children, nontraditional applications of traditional testing, and portfolio assessment of gifted students, among others. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)