Intelligent Testing With Torrance

Applying the idea of “intelligent testing” (Kaufman, 1979, 1994) to creativity assessment could broaden our understanding of creativity assessment and would be in accord with the vision of E. Paul Torrance. Such intelligent creativity testing would not seek a single creativity score. Testers would consider patterns of scores in different domains and interpret them for comparative strengths and weaknesses in var-ious areas of creative activity. Specific suggestions on how this might be done are offered. From 1974 to 1979, two leaders in the field of psycho-logical assessment were both at the University of Geor-gia: Dr. E. Paul Torrance and Dr. Alan S. Kaufman. De-spite their proximity (and personal friendship), they never collaborated on a project together. The goal of this