CORRELATIONS OF SCORES ON THE GIFTED EVALUATION SCALE WITH THOSE ON WISC-III AND KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE-TEST FOR STUDENTS REFERRED FOR GIFTED EVALUATION
Em. Levinson et L. Folino, CORRELATIONS OF SCORES ON THE GIFTED EVALUATION SCALE WITH THOSE ON WISC-III AND KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE-TEST FOR STUDENTS REFERRED FOR GIFTED EVALUATION, Psychological reports, 74(2), 1994, pp. 419-424
29 students (M age of 8.0 yr.) who were referred for evaluation were a
dministered the Gifted Evaluation Scale, the Kaufman Brief Intelligenc
e Test, and the WISC-III. Paired t tests comparing the mean GES Quotie
nt with the K-BIT mean IQ and WISC-III Verbal, Performance, and full S
cale IQs yielded no statistically significant differences (range of IQ
s = 120.6 to 122.9). While the significant correlation of the GES Quot
ient and WISC-III Performance IQ was .42, r = - .37 for the GES Quotie
nt and WISC-III Verbal IQ. No significant correlation was found betwee
n the GES Quotient and the WISC-III Full Scale or K-BIT IQs. The limit
ations and implications of the study, with regard to the use of the Gi
fted Evaluation Scale, are discussed.