{"id":398,"date":"2015-02-18T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neurecall.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-05-29T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:26:35","slug":"standardized-testing-correlates-poorly-fluid-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/standardized-testing-correlates-poorly-fluid-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Standardized testing correlates poorly with fluid intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In an <\/span>NYmag<\/span><\/i><\/a> article, Anya Kamenetz suggests too much faith is being placed on standardized <\/span>testing in the US educational system, as these appear to be an incomplete<\/span> measure of student <\/span>intelligence. MIT <\/span>neuroscientists alongside researchers at Harvard and Brown University conducted a study evaluating the \u201cfluid intelligence\u201d of students in the Boston public school system. They later compared these results to the group\u2019s scores on traditional standardized <\/span>tests. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their<\/span> research found that fluid intelligence, which is the ability to apply knowledge and skills to unfamiliar or abstract problems, possessed <\/span>little correlation<\/span> with standardized test scores, thus proving these tests do little to assess the actual problem-solving abilities of students. Instead, standardized tests typically evaluate \u201ccrystallized intelligence, or the application of memorized routines to familiar problems.\u201d Most tests assess two key subject <\/span>areas (math and language)<\/span>, leaving a wide expanse of topics unexamined. Subjects that require creativity or free thought <\/span>aren\u2019t assessed by standardized tests, leaving <\/span>large gaps in these evaluations of student <\/span>intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile<\/span>, the entire practice of standardized testing continues to create high-stress environments for teachers and students alike. For example, at a middle school in Brooklyn, students spend up to six days completing mock exams in preparation for New York\u2019s standardized tests. This is a huge investment of time and resources in tests that fail to provide an accurate evaluation of student knowledge. As Kamenetz says, \u201cScores on state tests do not correlate <\/span>with students\u2019 <\/span>ability to think.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an NYmag article, Anya Kamenetz suggests too much faith is being placed on standardized testing in the US educational system, as these appear to be an incomplete measure of student intelligence. 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