This is the second in a three-part series about the intersection of education and the arts. Let's start with a question from a standardized test: "How would the world be different if we all had a ...

In 1958, psychologist E. Paul Torrance developed a novel idea for a test, which he and his fellow researchers administered to about 400 Minneapolis children. The 90-minute test involved asking the ...

Older people have been railing about the supposed deficiencies of the younger generation at least since ancient Greek philosopher Plato complained that the written word was destroying kids’ memories.

E. Paul Torrance, 87, a retired University of Georgia professor who developed a widely used series of creativity tests, died Saturday from complications of pneumonia at his home in Athens, Ga. He was ...

Assistant teacher Charlotte Lang Bush draws with children at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Md. Staff members and some students at the children's theater and arts center have taken the Torrance Test ...

A bit like an IQ test measures intelligence, the Torrance Test and others like it measure creative ability. They help figure out when investments... More Than 50 Years Of Putting Kids' Creativity To ...