The tryout version of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised (BBCS-R) was administered to 71 kindergarten students in the fall of the school year. Seven months later, the Metropolitan Readiness Test-Sixth Edition (MRT-6) was administered to these same students. The BBCS-R was found to be a good predictor of children's performance on the MRT-6. Further, the BBCS-R School Readiness Composite (SRC), a 10-minute screening instrument, accounted for 45% to 52% of the variance in the MRT-6 scores. The SRC was a better predictor for Black students than it was for White students. For Black students, the SRC explained 45% to 65% of the variance in the MRT-6 scores. This study validated the use of the BBCS-R as a screening measure to predict academic achievement.
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