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[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]

OP, you need to get off this thing you have about private school entrance exams.

It looks like you're confusing the SSATs (an achievement test for middle and high school entrance) and the WPPSI (an IQ test for elementary school entrance).  Sure, lots of kids get tutoring for the SSATs (Secondary School Achievement Test for middle and high school entrance), and this is analogous to the SATs (Scholastic "Achievement" Test for college).  Note the word "achievement" in both acronyms.  To be very clear:  these test for what math and english/vocab/reading comprehension you've learned.  This can be tutored.

You can't really tutor a 3-year-old for the WPPSI, though, because this is an IQ test.  You keep posting here about how it's possible to raise IQ. It may, under some circumstances, be possible to raise the measured IQ of a teenager or adult. But this has absolutely nothing to do with the 3-year-old taking the WPPSI.

The bigger question is why tutoring is needed for english and math, after the kid is already IN the school.  Maybe you should focus your energies on something relevant, like this.[/quote]

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