Posted by Dinah on March 23, 2006, at 13:41:27
In reply to Re: Subject close to my heart, posted by special_k on March 23, 2006, at 13:24:16
Perhaps because I don't think they're that flawed?
Nobody knew my IQ score, but they still expected high academic performance from me, because that was my history. My son was at one school where the admissions office knew his score, but I have no idea if the teachers did. And during the hurricane he was in a different school where they hadn't the slightest notion of either his IQ or his previous school performance. His report from that school was even more full of superlatives than from his regular school.
There is a difference between slightly above average and well above average. I'm not quite sure how there wouldn't be. There's a difference between slightly below average and well below average. The difference between Bill Gates and me is great enough that he probably has trouble understanding why I'm so slow. To deny gifted children gifted programs is no better than denying children with developmental delays education appropriate to them.
However, expectations in life don't come from people's knowledge of your IQ score. They come from their history with you. And IQ scores aren't perfect indicators of intelligence. Any more than an exam may be a perfect indicator of how well someone understands subject matter.
But that doesn't mean you should throw out standardized tests, or exams.
I never said that I was opposed to psychological standardized testing. I rather enjoyed my MMPI.
However, I expect we're not going to agree on this, and I have no desire to argue with you over something that really isn't dear to my heart.
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