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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What research shows that???[/quote]

Read Nurture Shock by Po Bronson, which goes into a fair amount of detail on the inefficacy of testing at young ages. [/quote]

That's an[b] 8 year old book [/b]on testing in general.  Anything else?[/quote]

I wasn't aware that books expired.  If you do take the time to read the book, it discusses research on the use of testing to identify children for gifted programs.  The research showed that each of the tests used identified some children that continued on the predicted trajectory (generally meaning future higher IQs in this context) but would also identify a significant percentage of children who did not bear out the prediction and, importantly, failed to identify a significant number of children who were ultimately quite gifted.  When the book was written, testing was clearly a poor proxy for determining future academic success.  I am not aware of any recent research showing that the testing has gotten more accurate since the book was published but perhaps you could point me to more current information on the topic to see if something has changed.[/quote]

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