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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 289415" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thanks, Babbs. You said exactly what I was trying to say. It's so important to remember these things because too often many decisions are made, based on these test results. For example, when difficult child 1 did badly on his first IQ test (because he was simply unable to complete it due to being too stressed) the school counsellor nevertheless wanted to use the low score as justification to refuse him access to any extension work in areas where he was showing that he was able to do well. I was actually told that difficult child 1's good progress at school, despite scoring so low in IQ, was because I was bullying difficult child 1 to achieve beyond his capabilities.</p><p></p><p>The point was - difficult child 1 was only doing well because I was forcing him to over-achieve. But if difficult child 1's good results in school were due to my pushing him, it should also have shown up in a higher IQ score too. </p><p></p><p>IQ tests are too readily available to people (like difficult child 1's school counsellor) who haven't got the capability to understand the results. They can do a great deal of harm if we put too much credence into the results.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 289415, member: 1991"] Thanks, Babbs. You said exactly what I was trying to say. It's so important to remember these things because too often many decisions are made, based on these test results. For example, when difficult child 1 did badly on his first IQ test (because he was simply unable to complete it due to being too stressed) the school counsellor nevertheless wanted to use the low score as justification to refuse him access to any extension work in areas where he was showing that he was able to do well. I was actually told that difficult child 1's good progress at school, despite scoring so low in IQ, was because I was bullying difficult child 1 to achieve beyond his capabilities. The point was - difficult child 1 was only doing well because I was forcing him to over-achieve. But if difficult child 1's good results in school were due to my pushing him, it should also have shown up in a higher IQ score too. IQ tests are too readily available to people (like difficult child 1's school counsellor) who haven't got the capability to understand the results. They can do a great deal of harm if we put too much credence into the results. Marg [/QUOTE]
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