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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone on this forum said that the biggest predictor of IQ was a parents educational level and  HHI. So, I'm curious, why all the tutoring before the private school entrance exams ?  Is better the enemy of good ?[/quote]

How do you think those kids get improved IQ scores? It doesn't just happen. If a kid isn't performing, tutors can help the kid perform better. [/quote]

Tutoring doesn't improve IQ scores.  It improves performance in a given subject area.  Someone can have a very high IQ score and still have learning disabilities.  I believe they are called twice exceptional or e squared kids.  My nephew is one (although my brother and his wife would be merely middle class by DCUM standards).

My own child is tutored currently in reading.  I can promise I am not doing it to improve his IQ score.  I am doing it so he can learn how to read (shocking, I know).  If a parent learned to read easily and was well ahead of grade level starting in first grade, it strikes me that the parent, who does not have a degree in education and has not read up on the latest theories of teaching reading, may not be the best one to supplement what the school is doing.  I do work, but that is not why my child has a tutor.[/quote]

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