Assessment of the Concurrent Validity of the Leadership Skills Inventory with Gifted Students and Their Teachers

Abstract

60 students currently enrolled in state-approved public school programs for the gifted at Grades 6 and 7 were given the Leadership Skills Inventory. Four certified teachers of these students were asked to complete an inventory on each subject to assess its concurrent validity. On mean T scores of students and mean teachers' ratings of students t-tests showed no significant differences between the means of the students and ratings of two teachers who had several years of experience teaching gifted students and who had more experience with the inventory. It was concluded that the inventory should be used primarily as a self-rating instrument.