Título: Identificación del Talento Verbal y Matemático: La relevancia de la medida "out of level". Resumen: El presente estudio tiene dos objetivos principales. Por una parte, se ofrece una revisión conceptual de la literatura junto con los trabajos realizados en España por los autores acerca del modelo de identificación del talento, conocido en la literatura internacional como Talent Search model o Talent Search concept. Este modelo creado por J.C. Stanley en los EE.UU. a principios de los 70 ha dado lugar a un inmenso desarrollo en la detección del talento verbal y matemático de los jóvenes, con el objeto de ofrecerles ayudas educativas adecuadas a su capacidad. Lejos de ser un modelo americano, en este trabajo mostramos, y este es el segundo objetivo, a través de los datos de varios años de aplicación del modelo en España, que puede considerarse un modelo universal que, apoyado entre otros en el principio de la medición por encima de nivel (above or out of level), permite discriminar adecuadamente la capacidad diferencial de los alumnos que, al ser medidos solo con pruebas de nivel, su verdadera capacidad queda enmascarada. Se ofrecen algunas sugerencias para el uso a gran escala de estos procedimientos en las escuelas. Palabras clave: Identificación, Talento Verbal, Talento Matemático, Talent Search, Center for Talented Youth, SCAT, Above Level Testing.Abstract: This study has two main objectives. First one to carry out a conceptual review of the literature together with the work done in Spain by the authors about the identification model known in the international literature as Talent Search model or concept. This model created by J. C. Stanley in the early 70s has led to a huge development in the identification of verbal and mathematical talent of young people, in order to provide the appropriate educational provision their ability needs. Far from being an American model, in this paper we show, and this is the second objective, through data from several years of implementation of the model in Spain, that it can be considered a universal model, based among others in the principle of above or out of level measurement. Using this above level measurement, we can adequately discriminate the diverse ability of the students tested, that when measured alone with in level testing, is masked due to lack difficulty and discrimination of the tests used. Some suggestions for large-scale use of these procedures in schools are provided.

This paper deals with the main aspects of the work carried out by the Center for Talented Youth Spain since its founding. The educational model applied here is based on the 'Study of mathematically precocious youth', developed by Julian Stanley in the early seventies and currently the inspiration behind all the centers belonging t o Center for Talented Youth International. We provide data from the SCAT ('School and college ability test') test, validated in Spain by the first author, which is used to identify students with exceptional verbal or mathematical ability. The results obtained are analyzed in the light of theoretical models, highlighting the similarities between the results obtained and those in the USA. Moreover, we explore data on course development and student assessment of courses. Finally, we explore the future prospects for the Center and of highly able students in Spain.