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Do private schools administer IQ test every year for all their students? Or every few years? What for?
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12.23.08, 03:59 PM Flag ]
- huh?
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  12.23.08, 04:00 PM Flag
  - I remember someone posting that private schools have their kids take an IQ test.
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    12.23.08, 04:03 PM Flag
    - i don't have a dc in pvt school but never heard of this
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      12.23.08, 04:07 PM Flag
- Our Tier 3 does ERBs every year.
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  12.23.08, 04:15 PM Flag
  - Do you have to pay for it separately? Do you find out the result? Why do they do it?
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    12.23.08, 04:20 PM Flag
- No they don't. Private schools and Hunter administer an ERB test called the CTP4, but it is an achievement test and not an IQ test. It starts in 3rd grade.
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  12.23.08, 04:21 PM Flag
  - Do you find out the results?
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    12.23.08, 04:22 PM Flag
    - Yes
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      12.23.08, 04:23 PM Flag
      - Thanks. Has the result been consistent, more or less?
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        12.23.08, 04:26 PM Flag
        
        For my dc, absolutely.
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        12.23.08, 04:27 PM Flag
        
        Good for your dc! I wonder if a school uses it to counsel kids out if they do badly?
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        12.23.08, 04:32 PM Flag
        
        np--In our experience, they use CTP results to hone their programs and teaching.
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        12.23.08, 07:28 PM Flag
  - and not all schools give it. ECFS does not (most progressives don't, actually)
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    12.23.08, 04:26 PM Flag

Do private schools administer IQ test every year for all their students? Or every few years? What for?

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Do private schools administer IQ test every year for all their students? Or every few years? What for?

huh?

I remember someone posting that private schools have their kids take an IQ test.

i don't have a dc in pvt school but never heard of this

Our Tier 3 does ERBs every year.

Do you have to pay for it separately? Do you find out the result? Why do they do it?

No they don't. Private schools and Hunter administer an ERB test called the CTP4, but it is an achievement test and not an IQ test. It starts in 3rd grade.

Do you find out the results?

Yes

Thanks. Has the result been consistent, more or less?

For my dc, absolutely.

Good for your dc! I wonder if a school uses it to counsel kids out if they do badly?

np--In our experience, they use CTP results to hone their programs and teaching.

and not all schools give it. ECFS does not (most progressives don't, actually)