People who did not belong to this Air Force subculture did horrible on the test. In this type of "intelligence" test, I have come to the conclusion that intelligence cannot be measured with a basic knowledge based test. ... The example the African Indian Chief being the smartest man in his tribe, but the fact that he would score very poorly on an IQ exam proves to be right in my experiment. However, if the situation was reversed, where the president of the Unites States was given an IQ test based on tribal African Indians, he would assumably fail as bad as the chief would fail the modern would...

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An IQ test, therefore, should not be considered a measure of a person's intelligence. ... For example, East Asians, such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, typically obtain higher scores on intelligence test and achievement tests that white Americans. ... On the other hand, some people believe that some tests are either racially or culturally biased which leads to the differences in test scores for different races and ethnicities. ... A perfect example is an aptitude or intelligence test. ... For example, if French and English speaking Canadians takes vocabulary tests and the test is in En...

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The Educational Testing Service (ETS) adopted the SAT I back in 1944. ... The original test, known as the "Army Alpha" was an IQ test administered by the United States Army to evaluate the intelligence of new recruits. Following the war, the Army Alpha was adapted and transformed for the purpose of a college admissions test, (The Big Test: SAT I, p.l) .The first test was experimentally administered to a few thousand college applicants in 1926. ... Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors of the 1998 book, The Black- White Test Score Gap, argued that African Americans will always scor...

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(Graybill 314) Although this information is true African American students are unable to pass tests and receive low IQ scores because of the fact they do not have a grasp on Standard English. ...

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If school were equal, wouldnt the range of standardized test scores be more finite. ... For example, if two people are born with the same IQ, but one is born to a less fortunate family while the other is born to rich parents, who can afford the best education. ...

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In the Gifted and Talented Programs, minority children are often overlooked when nominations are made to these programs because they perform poorly on IQ and achievement tests. ... She boasted a 3.8 grade point average and a high Law School Aptitude Test score. ... The University of California Berkley School of Law admitted every black with a grade point average of 3.5 and Law School Admission Test of ninety or above, but only 42% of whites with equally scores were admitted. UCLA School of Medicine accepted twenty-seven blacks while admitting no whites or Asians with GPA's of 3.24 ...

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Eugenics in the United States Eugenics, by definition, is "The improving of genetic code to make better human beings (Mattox)." Eugenics was researched thoroughly by Sir John Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin. Sir Galton attempted to figure out how it was that "genius" seemed to be ru...

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