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Is standardized testing an accurate method of measuring intelligence? Why is it so prominent in academia?

>> No.11209903

yes it is. it also factors in conscientiousness, and is the greatest predictor of lifetime success.

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>>11209894
It generally is. There will always be outliers.

>Why is it so prominent in academia?
It's an efficient way of assessing the skills of an entire population of students.

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>>11209894
>testing an accurate method of measuring intelligence
Nope. The pseudoscience, behind the creation of the testing, is wildly incorrect in all regards. The only function testing does is to help improve conformity.

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>> No.11209931

>>11209894
"""Management Science"""

>> No.11209948

>>11209894
Standardized testing in its current form does very little to test skills other than point out who the bottom of the barrel is. It does well at measuring the reading/mat/etc abilities of an entire population of students who, on average, would normally fail a final semester exam on the topics. We need testing to gauge the abilities of students but we also need more difficult yet accurate testing.

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>>11209926
>deepest irony posting
All wojak/frog posters are conformed shitposters.

>> No.11210193

Its an accurate measure of how much money each school should get.
-Government