IQ tests instead of SATs?

epiphany
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:23:15 +0000

Post #10 is correct. IQ tests are even more controversial than SAT’s & ACT’s, if that’s possible. Less standardized, & there are criticisms that the various ones measure different abilities, & test them differently.

Also, the concept of “intelligence,” including what is supposedly measurable is in a fluid state of research right now – from both the educator’s and the psychologist’s point of view. The general view is that IQ is more complex & less understood than once believed, and on which some of the current tests are still based.

Other normative measures have been proposed, though, such as a core national curriculum and corresponding national content testing, more in depth than the SAT II’s.