Around these parts KBit is a screening ONLY devise. It is NOT accepted as an IQ score worth any merits at all. I will tell you it isn't a terrific screener either.
My son was given the KBIT as a screen instrument for gifted in K (right after turning 5...like a week after). He missed the cut off for gifted by one point. The guidance counselor flat out told me that either they needed to lower the cut off by one point for K or they needed to use a different instrument for K because she saw year after year after year clearly gifted Kers who would miss the cut off by one point, wait a year and be rescreened and make the cut. She said the kids were just as gifted in K as they were in 1st...there was no huge improvement or change or exposure to anything...it just wasn't a good VALID instrument for 5 year olds. Apparently it became slightly better instrument as far as validity goes the following year because she says those who make the cut off in 1st generally (are some exceptions) go on to test gifted with further evaluation.
