“…These results are similar to the findings of researchers who compared students selected with the DISCOVER performance-based assessments of creative problem-solving with students selected by conventional methods such as IQ and achievement. The percentages of students selected using DISCOVER and a performance-based assessment modified from DISCOVER paralleled the percentages of individuals with certain demographic characteristics in the populations of low-income, highly diverse students in the schools in several areas, including the following: race/ethnicity (Nielson, 1994;Reid et al, 1999;Romanoff et al, 2009), ancestral origin, preferred language, second language, religious preference, birthplace of parents, mobility, family income, family home, parents' occupation, parents' educational attainment, degrees earned, teaching experience, identified as gifted, and work or volunteer at a school (Nielson, 1994).…”