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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But, if your tools for measuring intelligence (WPSSI and SAT) are biased isn't the positive SES correlation and positive feedback loop only a self fulfilling and simply self serving prophecy and a measure of "pseudo-intelligence" ? [/quote]
I don't understand.  What makes you say they're biased?  [/quote]
Here is an excellent article that addresses your question:
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/reports/rm04186/rm04186.pdf[/quote]
You drop a 35-pager report on me without even a two-sentence summary?  Ouch!

I just took a quick review, and it's argument seems to be that because of various cultural and economic issues, not many low-SES children are making it into the gifted programs.  I don't see much explanation of how the intelligence tests themselves are biased.  Maybe I missed that?  The closest I see is a couple paragraphs on pages 16-17, where the author notes that IQ tests were constructed by white professionals, but doesn't describe any specific bias.

Can you just tell me why [u]you[/u] think they're biased?

BTW, I am 13:30 (not 13:39)!  Thanks for the correction.  Sorry for the earlier confusion.  I feel like I've been living a lie.[/quote]

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