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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you want your local public elementary school to perform free psychologist-led IQ tests on all children? (If it was an option, that is.) Ostensibly for the purposes of putting children into different groups and offering those with IQs of above a certain amount (let's say 130) to take part in special small group instruction? [/quote]

Yes, if I could have confidence that a) the testers were skilled and qualified, and b) DC wouldn't succumb to PC radical egalitarianism and pervert the tests to equalize scores across all conceivable demographics.

Our first grader has an out-of-the-park high verbal IQ, placing him (in theory) 8 grade level equivalents above where he is.  We think that partly explains why he complains that class is so boring and tends to be disruptive. Call me selfish, but I wish he could be grouped with similar kids at least part of the time. Seems like it would be good for him, for the other kids, and for society as a whole.

and c) won't subconsciously (or consciously!) discriminate based on race.

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