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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks 15:09.  13:30/16:28 posting again.  To be fair, instead of just poking at your claim of bias, I should make my point clear.

I don't see how the tests are biased in any meaningful way.  They attempt to measure the intelligence of students.  They're certainly not perfect, and intelligence can obviously improve/degrade over time for various reasons.  But they do serve as one measure of potential usefulness.

There is correlation with SES.  I described a couple reasons why I think that's so, and there may be others.

But for the reasons I described, I see the correlation with SES as something that actually suggests the tests are accurate measures, and not an indicator of inaccuracy of "pseudo-intelligence."

Maybe what you're saying is that the cycle is self-perpetuating, and that high SES parents will continue to breed high-IQ kids, who become high SES parents, who breed more high-IQ kids, etc.  If that's your point, then I agree.  But I don't see any problem with high-SES parents (a) having kids, or (b) supporting those kids in maximizing their potential.  IMO, the part of this particular problem that our society needs to address is ensuring that low-SES but high-IQ kids have access to programs that can maximize their potential too.  [/quote]

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