Originally Posted by aculady
Originally Posted by Camille
(The school district here uses Naglieri as a screening test)

The Naglieri only measures non-verbal reasoning abilities. It will completely miss children with verbal strengths who are not gifted in non-verbal domains or who have non-verbal learning disabilities. It is popular with school districts because it is 'free of cultural bias', since it is not language-loaded. Too bad that it completely ignores the verbal domain...

It is popular with school districts that are determined to meet racial quotas in their gifted programs. Traditional IQ tests give politically incorrect results.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell