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Hi! I'm new here but have been lurking for a while now. I've also been trying to search all the archived messages, but haven't yet been able to find any information about the Kaufman Assessment Battery.

My kids' school administered the Kaufman (KABC) to two of my children when we were considering grade skips. They did well enough to both be skipped a grade, but I'm wondering how the KABC scores relate to the levels of giftedness.

I keep finding charts that list levels of giftedness for the more popular tests such as WISC, WPPSI, SB5, and SBL-M, but nothing for the less-often given KABC.

Does anyone know how the scores compare? I read on Hoagies that the KABC is not the best test to look for giftedness, but it's the one my school district uses.

Thanks for any information you can give me.

Thanks, Dottie.

Both assessments gave us the FCI.

My DD8 took the WPPSI at age 4.5yrs and then took the KABC at just over 7yrs and her score went up by 10 pts. She is globally gifted (HG+?), but stronger verbally, but also older the second go-round.

My DS5.5 took just the KABC and didn't score as high as I was expecting, but still in the gifted range. He's pretty verbal, but seems to have good number sense as well. I suppose he could have scored slightly lower than I expected given his age. I don't know if it would do any good to have him reassessed at an older age. Right now, their educational needs are being met by our wonderful school through grade skips, so we're pretty happy.

Thanks for responding! Sometimes I feel like the only person to be dealing with the KABC!