Interesting article. IQ doesn't predict success or even academic achievement. IQ is simply that which is measured on an IQ test. Beyond that, in the real world, it means squat. So why FCPS places any value in the WISC is dubious. The GBRS is a much better indicator of academic success.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-alloway-phd-and-ross-alloway-phd/iq-tests_b_4168628.html

See what happens when information is censored?

The end of the IQ test and screening tests for AAP. It appears some have caught on to the political tactics of those who have used these inventions and concepts like IQ and race for self-serving social engineering.

--signed Marsahall (8-year-old son of Peyton Manning)

Take advantage of the information age with hard work and preparation. Information is all around us and everywhere. Ignore all the budding DCUM communists who wish to sanitize FCPS by ridding our communities of information and dictating what information is acceptable. In the 17th and 18th century they were successful at this. Virginians even prosecuted and killed Americans for reading, writing and attending schools. The information age is now equalizing the playing field and these pathetic slugs don't like it.

On track now

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-alloway-phd-and-ross-alloway-phd/iq-tests_b_4168628.html

See what happens when information is censored?

The end of the IQ test and screening tests for AAP. It appears some have caught on to the political tactics of those who have used these inventions and concepts like IQ and race for self-serving social engineering.

--signed Marsahall (8-year-old son of Peyton Manning)

Take advantage of the information age with hard work and preparation. Information is all around us and everywhere. Ignore all the budding DCUM communists who wish to sanitize FCPS by ridding our communities of information and dictating what information is acceptable. In the 17th and 18th century they were successful at this. Virginians even prosecuted and killed Americans for reading, writing and attending schools. The information age is now equalizing the playing field and these pathetic slugs don't like it.

On track now

No. I have been a member of our society and know how things work. Going to MIT out of HS is fine, but not every one can do it (not enough slots). In America, we do not care about where you start, but rather, where you end. You can force your kid to study in ES, HS. But at MIT, guess what, they are on there own. They have to want to excel. I have seen many children of Tiger Moms like you fail in college.

FWIW, my story: undiagnosed problems in ES, MS, HS (Dyslexia). I learned how to compensate. Late in HS, started doing well (senior year). Went to a lower-tier college for one year, got a 3.8, transferred to VA Tech, graduated, went on to get an MA and PhD. Never been unemployed. And I am internationally recognized in my field. My 2.4 in HS does not matter any more. Overtaken By Events (OBE).

The leader of our country was poor growing up. He was more of a pot-head in HS, did not get into a top college....did not know his identity. He discovered it along the way....went to Harvard for Law School, and excelled. You might not like his politics, but he is self made.

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In college, there are avenues to get in even from a GED. Community colleges in Virginia will get you into the many state schools with a 3.0. So, you can drop out of HS, get a GED, go to NOVA for two years, and transfer to Virginia Tech.

From Virginia Tech, you can go to MIT for grad school. No one will care that you have a GED.

Did you inherit this brilliant advice from the gene pool. What's wrong with going directly to MIT without spending time in jail?

The end of the IQ test and screening tests for AAP. It appears some have caught on to the political tactics of those who have used these inventions and concepts like IQ and race for self-serving social engineering.

--signed Marsahall (8-year-old son of Peyton Manning)

Take advantage of the information age with hard work and preparation. Information is all around us and everywhere. Ignore all the budding DCUM communists who wish to sanitize FCPS by ridding our communities of information and dictating what information is acceptable. In the 17th and 18th century they were successful at this. Virginians even prosecuted and killed Americans for reading, writing and attending schools. The information age is now equalizing the playing field and these pathetic slugs don't like it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-alloway-phd-and-ross-alloway-phd/iq-tests_b_4168628.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is that the scores of these AAP identification tests are affected when kids have been practicing with materials that replicate past tests. Some people know this and have decided to make some money off this fact. The more they can convince young parents that:
a: a child's intelligence is dependent on how many of this business's worksheets the child does and,
b: that there is no good education available in FCPS except in AAP and,
c: the best way to get a child into AAP is to use our services/products,
the more money they will make.

They do not want the school to know that kids have been prepped, because they know that the scores would then be taken less seriously. It would certainly be bad for business for the schools to know which second graders have been doing practice questions from old tests at camps or classes or clubs or just at home with a parent. Even the idea that teachers might be asking kids at school if they have seen questions like these before could be bad for business. Parents may hesitate to buy into test prep programs or materials if they hear that the schools might not use test results from kids who say they have seen questions like this before.

Most of these businesses sell other types of tutoring and test prep so they will not lose their shirts if FCPS were to stop using these tests or drop the AAP.
But it would eat into their profits to a certain extent.

It's funny that, in a thread about identification tests for a program for elementary and middle school students, there have been multiple posts about tests taken by high school students. FCPS has had to change the identification tests because of one kind of prepping that is inappropriate for that particular test, which has a different function than the SATs/ACTs.
But still, post after post filled with bromides about the wonders of preparation appears, seemingly in hopes that parents will conflate SAT/ACT preparation with prepping for these first and second grade tests. As though to say, "If it is good for the SATs/ACTs, than it must be good for these tests, too!"