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I remember my test scores from when I was younger. They showed a graph of what I was good vs very good at. Added up at the bottom for the final score. Idk what method that was, but there was no weight given in scoring. The test was then used to improve my skills in the areas I didn't test very well in.
That's not what my children experienced in school AT ALL. The sole purpose of these tests in the MD school systems is to earn the schools money. That's where teaching to the test comes in. That's where weighted test scores come in. The tests aren't being used for the benefit of the child. It's monetization.
I remember only one question from the first one I did in kindergarten. I was asked how and airplane flew I distinctly remember saying it was powered by an engine that let it stay in the air because of it's wings. The last one I took was in the 4th grade and I scored a 132 while my best friend and rival scored a 120 something.
I think the fundamental thing that IQ test measure is a person's ability to comprehend, infer, and break down principles and rules. Can you think for yourself essentially
Do you remember if those results were used to benefit you? I was very surprised between the different purpose of tests between when I was young, and when my kids were young.
The change is my opinion on why cities like Baltimore can't pass a single child. The tests serve the child no purpose.
The real benefit was the ability to be placed into the gifted class with people of similar intelligence where we would work on semester long research projects and play games like chess etc.
Elementary school in particular was painfully boring. I memorized most of the material in minutes and I just sat in class day dreaming or doodling unless the teacher was one that allowed me to read library books. I said it as a child and I'll still say it now but if public schools are going to exist then they should have a separate curriculum for the academically inclined students. I just happened to go to a pretty decent but small school where everyone knew everyone else's family well.
I went to elementary school in a different state than my kids. The quality there was better than private school here. Even when I moved in middle school I could see it. My 5ty grade history book in IL was my 8th grade history book in MD.