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Originally Posted by roob1
In most districts, individually administered intelligence measures for classroom placement are given by those trained in individual assessment at a graduate level. Training is comprehensive and beyond what a classroom teacher obtains. Classroom placement meaning placement outside of regular education.
Perhaps you are referring to the old, group administered IQ tests given in the 50's and 60's that may have been used for grouping students by ability.
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I agree. I have never heard of an I.Q. test administered by a classroom teacher.
On another note, a good vocabulary is not a dependable way to score intelligence. People who have Williams Syndrome have amazing vocabulary skills in the face of cognitive deficit. They also are able to read non verbal body language better than the rest of us. Dr. Ursula Bellugi, director of Cognitive Development at the Salk Institute studied this and our family was part of the study. Salk scientists also noted that an area at the base of the brain that controls sociality and interaction with others was bigger in people with Williams Syndrome and smaller in people with Autism. People who have Williams Syndrome are charmingly social.