Extractions: The IQ factor: Despite advances in defining gifted children, intelligence testing still plays a large role Sunday, June 10, 2001 By Mackenzie Carpenter, Post-Gazette Staff Writer In the old days, "it was 129 you're out, 130 you're in," declares Joseph Renzulli, one of the nation's leading experts on gifted education. He isn't talking about the junior lightweight boxing division, but the breakoff point he refers to was just as unforgiving. Until the late 1960s, the magic number of 130 was the IQ marker used by school psychologists to draw the boundary between gifted and "nongifted" children, and whether they would get special educational services. And even though school districts now use other criteria as well, many still rely partly on the 130 IQ cutoff. Joseph Renzulli, who's the director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Connecticut, visited Pittsburgh in April to attend the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education conference. Renzulli advocates enriching all students, a position that sometimes draws criticism from those who see it as weakening programs for gifted students. (John Beale, Post-Gazette) The term "gifted child" was coined in the early part of the 20th century by Stanford University's Lewis Terman, who developed one of the first tests to measure intelligence.
Online NewsHour: IQ -- April 20, 1998 and are our iq tests simply validating these disparities rather than measuring If we wait until children enter elementary schools or even Head Start http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/april98/iq02.html
Extractions: April 20, 1998 This forum's introduction Questions answered in this forum: Why do we still look at IQ scores Is technology the cause of rising IQ scores? Has environmental or health factors increased IQ scores? Do current IQ tests reflect the idea of multiple intelligences How does a person's race or socioeconomic background affect his or her IQ score? Should student testing be changed to reflect the times? Viewer Comments NewsHour Backgrounders March 18, 1998
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Extractions: var loc = "../../../"; Glossary Achievement Test: A standardized test (usually multiple choice) that measures content-area knowledge (e.g., science, math, English, and social studies) and academic skills. Aptitude Test: A standardized, multiple-choice test that measures students' verbal and math reasoning abilities and is used by college admissions departments to predict how well a student will perform in college. Bell Curve: A graph representing test scores that shows the majority of students grouped in the middle, with an equal number both below and above the average. Criterion-Referencing: A scoring technique that shows a student's results in comparison to a benchmark or set standard of acceptable performance. High-Stakes Test: A standardized test in which the results are used to determine important issues such as grade promotion, graduation, school accreditation, or teacher performance. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): The only continuing, nationally representative assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Norm-Referencing: A scoring technique that shows a student's results in comparison to a "norm" group of students. The norm group typically answers one half of all questions correctly.
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Extractions: Read today's paper Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Newsblog Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Soulmates dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Feedback Information GNL press office Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Public It all began because a rich kid failed to get top marks in his mathematics examinations at Cambridge University. Unlike others who moved on, Francis Galton wouldn't let his "failure" go. He went on to spawn a movement that blighted the lives of hundreds of thousands, while making a tiny group very pleased with themselves. Yes, it's the centenary of IQ testing, an idea which grew out of a eugenics nursery into a way of spotting youngsters with special needs, and was finally hijacked in this country for the 11-plus.
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Extractions: Admin The following comments come unedited from the OG discussion list: From Keith McGuinness: IQ tests provide one means of assessing "intelligence"- and potential in certain areas - that is less sensitive to training (and, therefore, is a better measure of "true" intelligence) and better standardised than other means. Whether or not such tests are "adequate" depends on the objectives of the testing. The commonly used IQ tests (such as the WISC and Stanford-Binet, or SB) assess an individual's abilities in several domains (in the case of the SB these are verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning and short-term memory). Individuals get a score on each of several sub-scales and also have a full-scale, or composite, score. These scores are adjusted relative to the average for individuals of the appropriate age. For the Stanford-Binet (and I think the other major tests) the average score at any age on a sub-scale is 50 with a standard deviation of 8. The average composite score is 100, with a standard deviation of 16. An individual with a composite score of 132 is, therefore, 2 standard deviations above average: scores this high or higher are expected in only about 2.3% of the population (these calculations are based on properties of the normal distribution).
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Extractions: Stepping out of the box to look at events. Read More Posts On ParaPundit 2005 February 27 Sunday Bill Gates Joins Governors In Lake Woebegone Educational Fantasy The education debate among political leaders in America is increasingly becoming a fantasy reminiscent of Lake Woebegone Minnesota. Lake Woebegone, an invention of Humorist Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion, is a mythical American town which Keillor enters as a story teller by saying "Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Well, our educational debate sounds like it is conducted by people who live in Lake Woebegone. Along Lake Woebegone's citizens are America's governors and Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates who met together recently to jointly fantasize that all American children are above average and therefore capable of doing college level work. "The key problem is political will," he said, discussing resistance to change. He said it was "morally wrong" to offer more advanced levels of coursework to high-income students compared with that offered many minority and low-income scholars. And he trumpeted the goal of preparing every high-school student for either two- or four-year college programs. "Only one-third of our students graduate from high school ready for college, work and citizenship," he said. Gates spoke bluntly about the high dropout rates in America compared with those of other developed countries, and the differences between America's high-tech graduate degrees and those in India and China.
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Extractions: Discussion Board ... Saving the Spirit of Your Nonconforming Child (Dynamos, Discoverers and Dreamers) by Thom Hartmann Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys The ADD Nutrition Solution More books. Gifted or ADD? Parents, if your child seems bright then please, please, PLEASE have a qualified psychologist evaluate him or her for giftedness BEFORE you accept a diagnosis of ADD and medication. Gifted children and adults are at high risk for being identified as ADD. Most people, including most medical professionals, do not realize giftedness is often associated with the following behaviors: Moreover, sometimes adults do not realize a child is gifted because they don't really know what "gifted" means. Or they may believe a child is both ADD and gifted. As a result, many gifted children these days are being medicated for a brain defect they probably don't have. Most people have an incorrect view of gifted children and adults. The "gifted" are supposed to be model students, teaching themselves how to spell and perfect their grammar, win spelling bees, have perfect social skills and become neurosurgeons. This is true of SOME gifted children and adults. Many others, however, act out and space out in boring school settings, and their increasing anger and frustration may lead to oppositional behavior and underachievement. They may have sloppy handwriting because of fast thought processes, miss details, and be unorganized and forgetful. Gifted adults are not always easy to spot, either. They are housewives, teachers, and carpenters, and they may not even realize they are gifted. Some even believe they are stupid.
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Extractions: Search OMS The Updated Order Forms are now available. The Minnesota Statewide Testing Program (MSTP) provides consulting, scoring and reporting services to public, private, charter and home schools only in the state of Minnesota. Any Minnesota elementary, middle, or secondary school or college may use the services of MSTP. The program operates as a non-profit outreach of the University of Minnesota through its Office of Measurement Services. The program is self-supporting and does not receive direct funding from the state or the University. Survey Services can be utilized by Minnesota Schools as well as state offices and Minnesota businesses. MSTP News
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Extractions: Briarwood Enhanced Learning Web Site Identification Individual Goals Gifted Curriculum Collaboration ... Briarwood E.L. Museum Web Site STUDENT WEBS: Judaism Web Texas v. K-State Web Fission Web England Now and Then OVERVIEW The Briarwood Enhanced Learning Center is one of six elementary centers for gifted students in the Shawnee Mission School District. Identified students are bussed to a center one day each week. During the day in E.L. students spend time working on individual projects that focus on their areas of strength, as well as whole group or teacher-planned activities. THE BRIARWOOD E.L. CENTER The Briarwood E.L. Center has two full-time teachers, as well as a paraprofessional who is at the center two days per week. The center serves approximately 50-80 identified gifted students from five feeder schools: Briarwood, Corinth, Kansas City Christian, Queen of the Holy Rosary, and Santa Fe Trail. The students attend the center from 8:30-2:30 one day each week. The students attend by grade level, with Kindergarten through 3rd grade attending on one day, all the fourth graders attending another, etc. A typical schedule might be K-3rd grade to attend E.L. on Tuesday, 4th grade students on Wednesday, fifth grade students on Thursday, and sixth grade on Friday. One day each week is reserved for the E.L. teachers to work with teachers in the home schools, test and evaluate students, and hold IEP (Individual Education Program) meetings.
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Extractions: January 26, 1998 That's what we say, isn't it, when we aren't sure a system is working? And the system I'm pretty sure is not working for us is: testing. We place a lot of faith in it in this country. We may reject the infallibility of popes or presidents, but an awful lot of us are willing to believe in the infallibility of testswe seem to believe they tell us everything important we need to know about people. We believe I.Q. tests tell us not just our present intelligence, but our permanent intelligence, that the SATs really tell us whether we can succeed in college, that psychological tests can measure our honesty, and that lie detectors really can measure our truthfulness. But these beliefs are religious in naturewe cling to them despite an overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary. For now, let's just consider the IQ test, which has assumed a monstrous importance in our societyin many schools, children are tracked on the basis of IQ tests from elementary school on up. To assign this much value to IQ tests, we need to make a few other assumptionsthat intelligence is innate and unaffected by environment, that there is only one way of being intelligent, that IQ tests satisfactorily measure that intelligence, and that society has no need to worry about those at the bottom of the IQ range. Not only are all of these ideas demonstrably flawed, but their social consequences are devastating.
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Extractions: There are five parts to this daily-changing IQ quiz: vocabulary, spelling, word jumble, geography and psychology. To take this exam, you surf five QUIZZES links (will be located to the left of these words once you start). Add up and record your score (on paper or in your head) from each part (1 point for each correct answer - no cheating!). The only TIMED part is the word jumble; limit yourself to three minutes for that. Purpose: This quiz is designed more as a learning experience than as a statistically valid I.Q. exam. No quiz of just 16 questions will have a lot of accuracy. But results averaged over several days will yield a more valid I.Q. result. There are those who complain about geography and psychology being part of an intelligence quiz; but IMHO those who are less aware of the world and its psychological principles are less intelligent than they might think, no matter their "official" I.Q. Please do enjoy the process! It can be fun as well as informative. Today's I.Q. Quiz Part 1
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Extractions: Link to the HEM blog. REALLY THINK Main I've been thinking about CBS News' call for increased regulation and supervision of homeschoolers. They're right- not a single state does background checks for prospective homeschoolers. Maybe they should. But, not just homeschoolers. Laura suggested below that all parents should have checks. I agree. After all, as Live form the Guillotine notes, many kids who aren't homeschooling have been hurt or killed by their parents. A logical time to do this test would be upon applying for a marriage license. Anyone who failed would not be allowed to get married unless they first submitted to mandatory sterilization. No problem, right? After all, if they've got nothing to hide no one could object. And, I think the engaged couple should also take an IQ test to make sure they're smart enough to have kids. After all, they may someday choose to homeschool. If they fail the IQ test, no kids. There would be a booby prize, though. They'd then be eligible to work for CBS News. Posted by Daryl Cobranchi at October 15, 2003 05:54 AM
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Extractions: If you're already homeschooling, then dive right in and start visiting web sites on this page and on page 2 . You'll find tons and tons of ideas and information to help you make your homeschool the best it can be! If you're new to homeschooling, or if you're considering whether homeschooling is right for you, then start with this page. The first thing you'll want to do is learn what the homeschooling laws are for your state . Even though homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, each state has its own laws regulating it. Some are more intrusive than others. If you're in Texas , then you're in the BEST state in the union for homeschoolers!
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Extractions: It wasn't until my oldest daughter was found to be both gifted and learning disabled that I understood the complications of my childhood. I had seen her symptoms early, and had been determined to prevent her from feeling stupid. In her first years of school, we had no problems. The school worked hard to meet both aspects of her educational needs. Then we moved. I explained to the school that Colleen was gifted and also had a learning disability called dysgraphia. Their response? "Oh no, it's against district policy to be both. You'll have to choose one or the other." For some reason, Colleen's brain just refused to cooperate with district policy, and she continued to be both. After two schools and increasingly frustrating years, we gave up and decided to homeschool. Homeschooling has many advantages for the gifted and learning disabled child. The curriculum can be personalized to the child's strengths and challenges. Most children with reading disabilities will learn to read much faster in a one-on-one session, and you can pace the lessons to his abilities. In the meantime, you can read his texts to him, allowing him to learn material far beyond his reading abilities, but not beyond his comprehension abilities. To see how a homeschool environment can be personalized to challenge a bright LD child, let's take a unit on the Revolutionary War. There are many ways to study the war, and methods which will meet any style of learning, while still satisfying any accountability you might need to provide to the government.
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Extractions: To: cody@chaos.net.nz Sir: Unfortunately, when I take the "grade school quiz" on the page and submit the quiz for "grading,", I am redirected to a page where I receive this error message: Fatal error: Failed opening required ' vissorDefiness.php ' in /home/gattaca/web/vissor/secure/quizsub.php on line 2 Thanks for your help. Tony
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