SPONSORED WEBINAR From Identification to Opportunity: Using the Naglieri General Ability Tests to Expand Equity

Dr. Jack A. Naglieri is an internationally recognized scholar in psychological and educational assessment whose work has advanced equitable identification of gifted learners and the understanding of cognitive abilities. He has authored numerous widely used assessments, including measures of giftedness, executive functioning, and autism, and developed the PASS theory of intelligence and its applications to teaching, learning, and assessment.

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Masters Program Coordinator at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley USD in Arizona. She has written eight books and over a hundred articles and chapters on gifted education. Dr. Brulles served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and the board’s School District Representative. She received the 2022 NAGC Anne Isaacs Award for Distinguished Service, the 2019 and the 2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award (practitioners), and the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented. Her books include A Teacher’s Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning; Designing Gifted Education Programs; Differentiated LessoDr. Lansdowne is the founding Executive Director of the Herberger Young Scholars Academy at Arizona State University, a nationally recognized secondary school for highly gifted students. She earned her doctorate from ASU in 2008 and has extensive experience in K–12 and higher education, including serving as Director of Gifted Services for Scottsdale Unified School District (2000–2010) and as faculty in ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College since 2004. A published scholar on gifted education, technology, and teacher preparation, her leadership has been featured in books, articles, and media. She has received major honors, including the 2025 Sylvia Rimm Champion of Gifted Education and Children Award from the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted, the 2023 Dr. Sanford J. Cohn Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2014 Administrator of the Year Award. She has also held leadership roles locally, nationally, and internationally, including with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and Ireland’s Center for Talented Youth.ns for All Learners; The Cluster Grouping Handbook; Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classrooms; Helping All Gifted Children Learn; Understanding and Using the Naglieri General Ability Tests: A Call for Equity in Gifted Education and the Naglieri Ability Test – Verbal. Dina’s work emphasizes equitable and inclusive identification practices and programming in gifted education.

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Masters Program Coordinator at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley USD in Arizona. She has written eight books and over a hundred articles and chapters on gifted education. Dr. Brulles served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and the board’s School District Representative. She received the 2022 NAGC Anne Isaacs Award for Distinguished Service, the 2019 and the 2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award (practitioners), and the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented. Her books include A Teacher’s Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning; Designing Gifted Education Programs; Differentiated Lessons for All Learners; The Cluster Grouping Handbook; Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classrooms; Helping All Gifted Children Learn; Understanding and Using the Naglieri General Ability Tests: A Call for Equity in Gifted Education and the Naglieri Ability Test – Verbal. Dina’s work emphasizes equitable and inclusive identification practices and programming in gifted education.

Dr. Lansdowne is the founding Executive Director of the Herberger Young Scholars Academy at Arizona State University, a nationally recognized secondary school for highly gifted students. She earned her doctorate from ASU in 2008 and has extensive experience in K–12 and higher education, including serving as Director of Gifted Services for Scottsdale Unified School District (2000–2010) and as faculty in ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College since 2004. A published scholar on gifted education, technology, and teacher preparation, her leadership has been featured in books, articles, and media. She has received major honors, including the 2025 Sylvia Rimm Champion of Gifted Education and Children Award from the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted, the 2023 Dr. Sanford J. Cohn Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2014 Administrator of the Year Award. She has also held leadership roles locally, nationally, and internationally, including with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and Ireland’s Center for Talented Youth.