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<blockquote data-quote="DM_Matt" data-source="post: 948262" data-attributes="member: 1213">True, IQ tests used to be, more or less intentionally, highly culturally biased.Now they are not so much that way, but they stilll just are not that good a measure of actual intellegence.&nbsp; Their main purpose is to monitor development of children in certain areas, which can determine if A) a student is advanced in such a manner that they could benefit from differentiated education, such as gifted programs etc or B ) if a student is having developmental difficulties in one or more areas, which thus need to be addressed.Later standardized tests are generally better, but still not exactly &quot;intellegence&quot; tests.&nbsp; Tests designed for use as entry exams are designed to predict performanc at the level of wahtever the perso nis trying to get into.&nbsp; For instance, studies show that a combination of the SAT and&nbsp; 3 SAT II subject tests is the best determinate of good grades in college, although getting good grades in college is not necessarily a measure of intellegence.&nbsp; If you HAVE to use a test, though, the SAT is better than the IQ.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM_Matt, post: 948262, member: 1213"] True, IQ tests used to be, more or less intentionally, highly culturally biased. Now they are not so much that way, but they stilll just are not that good a measure of actual intellegence. Their main purpose is to monitor development of children in certain areas, which can determine if A) a student is advanced in such a manner that they could benefit from differentiated education, such as gifted programs etc or B ) if a student is having developmental difficulties in one or more areas, which thus need to be addressed. Later standardized tests are generally better, but still not exactly "intellegence" tests. Tests designed for use as entry exams are designed to predict performanc at the level of wahtever the perso nis trying to get into. For instance, studies show that a combination of the SAT and 3 SAT II subject tests is the best determinate of good grades in college, although getting good grades in college is not necessarily a measure of intellegence. If you HAVE to use a test, though, the SAT is better than the IQ. [/QUOTE]

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