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This study explored the viability of an identification procedure for gifted kindergartners that involved brief screening tests and selective individual administration of the WPPSI-R. The Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Screening Test and the Matrix Analogies Test were administered in small groups of 978 participants. The WPPSI-R was administered individually to subjects who scored in the top two stanines on either screening measure. The Bracken scale correlated highly with WPPSI-R results, whereas the intercorrelations of the Matrix Analogies Test and WPPSI-R were smaller, although statistically significant. Confirmatory factor analysis of the WPPSI-R provided further support for a two-factor solution; a modified two-factor structure, with Arithmetic allowed to load on both factors, fit the data best. Implications for identification practices in schools are discussed.

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Identifying Gifted Kindergarten Students with Brief Screening Measures and the WPPSI-R

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