[lbo-talk] 'American kids, dumber than dirt'

ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Thu Nov 1 12:15:30 PDT 2007


On 1 Nov, 2007, at 13:34 PM, Matt wrote:


> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:41:51PM -0400, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
>> There is, however, a crucial difference between 'aptitude' testing
>> and SSRI
>> testing. "Aptitude' testing is and historically has been used
>> mainly to
>> justify the denial of access to societal resources (mainly
>> education.)
>
> Can you provide references for the historical use of Stanford-Binet
> and WISC for denying access to education in the US?
>
> This seems contrary to the practice of educators and psychologists,
> who
> use them for identifying students in need of special education,
> whether for special-needs or for being gifted. They are often given
> as *part* of the US public education system, if an educator thinks
> there is cause.
>
> Secondary schools and universities have no interest in IQ scores, nor
> <...> Hardly seems like enough to support your
> conspiracy theory.
>

Er, umm... I suppose the A in SAT stands for "atavistic"?

Conspiracy theory, my foot!

--ravi



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