In my school district, the Talented and Gifted Program uses the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, in addition to the Differential Aptitude Test, which tries to assess specific abilities. In part, this allows mass administration for screening inexpensively. But the use of the Torrance recognizes the distinction between conjuctive intelligence and dysjunctive creativity. It's also an inner-city district attempting to ID TAG students from a population that doesn't always do well on traditional IQ tests. Creative people are usually above average intellectually, but not necessarily at genius level. Intelligence and creatively are associated but far from perfectly. James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix, had an IQ of 115, and talked about how he would got to biochemistry seminars and not have a clue. He did have the peculiar ability--just what was needed--to look at data and imagine what kind of three-dimensional object would account for that data.
To a great extent, SAT exams measure the same factors as IQ tests, and an increasing number of top schools are becoming SAT optional, recognizing that grades and teacher recommendations can predict college success as well if not better than SATs. Bates College did a twenty year study, and found little difference between SAT submitters and non-submitters.
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