They did this by having a study in which they carried out IQ tests on pupils and then generated false results in which 20% of the pupils were said to the teacher to be likely to achieve highly in all of their work, at the end of the academic year that randomly selected 20% of students had done better than the rest in the subject and the teachers had formed a better perception of those students who were predicted to score better even those that were selected may not actually have done better than the rest of the pupils. ...

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He found that a combination of certain measures of arithmetic achievement, IQ, and ninth-grade marks were predictive of achievement in bookkeeping courses. ... From the data of 128 college men and women enrolled in the first quarter of principles of accounting, Larsen (40) developed four multiple-regression equations, using the following as predictive factors: age; sex; veteran status; size of high school attended; rank in high school class; size of senior class; cumulative high school average; previous study of bookkeeping; grade point average during first quarter in college; grades in coll...

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She also makes a very valid point, "There aren't state test to judge creativity." Even research shows that IQ scores are up, but creativity is down. This could be due to the fact that if there are kids in public schools, that emphasize standardized testing, not much is being done to encourage creativity and problem solving compared to the efforts put into routine memorization (Botches). ... Due to programs like this, the American Federation of Teachers is suggesting that the nation create a new test that would be required by all future teachers (Krache). This test would be giv...

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