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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes no sense. It can’t be a true IQ test.  You can’t just give a Wechsler or Stanford-Binet without proper training. And you can’t easily get access to the test materials without credentials. It takes several hours to administer and time to score. I seriously doubt this was a respected valid full IQ test. I was a psych major in college and while we learned about IQ, we didn’t learn to administer. That didn’t come until graduate school.

I think it’s irresponsible to engage in this type of activity in a HS classroom. The results can be upsetting for some kids and it’s very personal.[b] Kids administering to classmates don’t understand confidentially.[/b] My son has learning issues and is already feeling down about his school performance relative to his classmates and I can just imagine the classroom of kids comparing scores (no matter what the teacher says). He’s registered for AP psych next year. This post really gives me second thoughts. What school?[/quote]

The kids didn’t administer it to each other.  It was a paper test that was given over two class periods.  They scored the tests themselves. It sounds to me like it was similar to the Naglieri and Cogat test that are given for gifted screening. [/quote]

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