CORRELATIONS OF SCORES ON THE GIFTED EVALUATION SCALE WITH THOSE ON WISC-III AND KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE-TEST FOR STUDENTS REFERRED FOR GIFTED EVALUATION

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.