The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and the Stanford Binet were compared as instruments for identifying and assessing intellectually gifted preschool and primary aged children. The McCarthy Scales consistently produced lower scores than the Binet, resulting in an overall 10 point GCI-IQ discrepancy. Low to moderate correlations existed between the two scales.
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