Construct Validity of the Gifted Rating Scales (GRS 2-P) Preschool/Kindergarden Teachers Form in a Spanish sample.

The identification of students with high abilities must be a priority in any education system. In our country, the identification deficit is notorious, partly due to the absence of adequate instruments. The participation of teachers is a key element in this process. This work offers the first construct validation process of the Gifted Rating Scales (GRS 2-P) for Early Childhood Teachers for the identification of gifted in Spain. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for ordinal variables and estimation (ULSMV) has been carried out on a sample of 134 teachers. Six models have been tested, of which the five-factor model corresponding to the original of the scale has been chosen, which has shown adequate adjustment values (2/gl, 1.44; CFI .92; TLI, .93; RMSEA, .057). For its part, the Average Variance Explained (AVE) has taken values between .45 - .74. Composite reliability shows values between .89 to .96. Although there are other empirically plausible models, we have opted for this solution adjusted to the original (M1), although further studies are suggested to confirm this point. The importance of having adequat ely validated instruments is considered essential in gifted identification processes that must incorporate various sources of information, such as that provided by teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]