When we say MG, EG, PG...is it based on IQ? And if so, what are the defining numbers?
I'm updating this old thread to link to Hoagies Gifted Education Page, which offers a chart for comparing the scores from various IQ tests:
Highly/Exceptionally/Profoundly Gifted ~ What does it mean?Hoagies webpage summarizes the approximate equivalent test scores. These are overall test scores, Full Scale IQs, not individual subtests nor GAIs. Hoagies shows four levels of gifted, each with progressively higher scores:
1) Gifted (G) or Moderately Gifted (MG)
2) Highly Gifted (HG)
3) Exceptionally Gifted (EG)
4) Profoundly Gifted (PG)
This shows G/MG < HG < EG < PG.
The term HG+ would apply to HG + EG + PG.
The equivalency table may be seen as similar to a conversion between centimeters and inches. The numbers will change when a different measurement instrument is utilized (cm side of tape measure vs. inch side of tape measure), even when the same object is measured and found to be the same (equivalent) size.
