That is, such tests are one of the best single indices of how well a child will do in school. Studies that have compared children’s IQ scores with their performance in school have found that IQ and school performance are highly correlated. They are reliable because people will generally get the same score when they retake the same test years later. Within a test, people tend to perform the same on items designed to assess the same ability, thus suggesting internal consistency. Although still surrounded by controversy, IQ tests are the most studied, and consequently, the most reliable, valid and useful tests available. For the purpose of this blog, I’ll discuss intelligence as it relates to a child’s score on an IQ test.Įfforts to measure intelligence have long been a part of psychology. These debates are ongoing, and won’t soon be resolved. Psychologists have debated whether intelligence is learned or inherited, culturally-specific or universal, one ability or several. Probably no other single area of evaluation has seen more controversy than that of intelligence. Grade School, Pre-School, Teenagers, Young AdultsĬhild + Adolescent Development, Learning + Attention Issues
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