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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it's not semantics.  The tests they use don't measure IQ score so you can't say that 10% of FCPS kids have an IQ in the 98 percentile or higher based on the CoGAT testing/GT admissions percentages.

I'm sure there is a correlation between CogAT and IQ but not a direct correlation.  A child can score 130 on the CogAT  and have an IQ of 145 or that child can have an IQ of 125.....there is no direct correlation, (ie., CogAT SAS score of 130 doesn't equal WISC IQ score of 130)[/quote]

WISC and CogAT are both ability tests. Like all ability tests, they measure slightly different things and produce different numbers. To some extent, they both measure general intelligence and the scores they produce are correlated.

Some WISC subtests are good measures of general intelligence, others are poor measures of general intelligence. WISC full scale IQ isn't necessarily a more valid measure of intelligence, especially the kind of intelligence that is required to succeed in school, than the CogAT.

The publisher is avoiding the terms intelligence and IQ because they are controversial, and people don't agree about their definition or relevance.  :) [/quote]

WISC is an IQ test. It's the next in line after WPPSI.[/quote]

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