Renzulli Rating Scales Test - the question form
Questions: 37 · 7 minutes
1. Has an extensive vocabulary for their age or level of education; uses terms appropriately; speech is rich, expressive, well-developed, and fluent.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
2. Has a broad base of knowledge in a variety of areas (interests go beyond those typical of peers).
1 - Always
2 - Often
3 - Sometimes
4 - Rarely
3. Can quickly understand, remember, and recall factual information.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
4. Shows deep understanding of cause-and-effect relationships; tries to find out how and why things happen; asks many probing questions that seek underlying meaning (rather than factual or informational questions); wants to know what drives events, actions, and people’s thoughts.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
5. Quickly grasps key ideas and can readily draw well-founded conclusions and generalizations about events, people, or objects; looks for similarities and differences among events and objects.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
6. A keen and perceptive observer; "sees more" and "takes more away" from a story, film, etc., than others do.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
7. Reads a lot, mostly by choice; typically prefers adult-level books; does not avoid difficult material and enjoys biographies, encyclopedias, and atlases.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
8. Tries to understand complex material by analyzing it and breaking it into parts; draws own conclusions; finds logical, common-sense answers and explanations.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
9. Becomes deeply absorbed in topics of interest and persists in finding ways to solve problems (it may be difficult to shift their attention to another topic).
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
10. Gets bored quickly with routine, familiar, repetitive tasks that must be done strictly according to instructions.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
11. Needs little external motivation or encouragement to carry out work that initially inspired them.
1 - Always
2 - Often
3 - Sometimes
4 - Rarely
12. Strives for the best possible result; is self-critical and is rarely satisfied with their pace and performance.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
13. Prefers to work independently; needs only initial instructions from teachers and then likes to do tasks alone.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
14. Shows interest in many "adult" issues (e.g., religion, politics, philosophy) more than peers.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
15. Often firmly defends their opinion (sometimes overly actively) and is persistent in their beliefs.
1 - Always
2 - Often
3 - Sometimes
4 - Rarely
16. Likes to structure things and situations and to organize people.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
17. Is consistently concerned with truth and lies, right and wrong; often evaluates and judges events, people, and things.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
18. Is extremely curious across many areas; constantly asks questions about anything and everything.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
19. Generates many different ideas or solutions to problems; often offers unusual, unconventional, original responses.
1 – Almost always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
20. Expresses opinions freely and independently; may be intense in debate; is persistent and determined.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
21. Willing to take risks; enterprising and decisive.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
22. Prefers tasks involving “mental play”; engages in fantasy and imagination (“I wonder what would happen if...”); manipulates ideas (modifies and elaborates them); enjoys applying, improving, and changing rules and objects.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
23. Has a subtle sense of humor and sees humor in situations that others do not find funny.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
24. Is aware of own impulsivity and accepts it; is more open to recognizing unusual qualities in self (e.g., boys freely show "typically feminine" interests; girls are more independent and persistent than their peers); shows emotional sensitivity.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
25. Has a strong sense of aesthetics; pays attention to the aesthetic qualities of things and events.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
26. Has own opinions and can defend them; is not afraid to be different from others; is independent-minded and not interested in details; is comfortable with creative disorder.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
27. Provides constructive criticism; does not tend to rely on authoritative opinions without critically evaluating them.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
28. Can successfully handle responsibility; can be relied on to do what they promised and usually do it well.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
29. Feels as confident with children of the same age as with adults; feels comfortable and calm when asked to show their work to the class.
1 - Always
2 - Often
3 - Sometimes
4 - Rarely
30. Is well liked by classmates.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
31. Cooperates with the teacher and classmates; tries to prevent conflicts and generally manages this easily on their own.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
32. Communicates well; speech is well developed and easy to understand.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
33. Is willing to adapt to new situations; is flexible in thinking and actions; does not appear discouraged when the usual routine changes.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
34. Is enthusiastic when around other people; enjoys socializing and dislikes being alone.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
35. Strives to be first and to outperform others; typically leads the activity in which they participate.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
36. Takes an active role in the school community; can be counted on to participate in various activities.
1 - Always
2 - Often
3 - Sometimes
4 - Rarely
37. Excels in a variety of sports, has good coordination, and enjoys all types of athletic games.
1 – Always
2 – Often
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely