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Children and IQ Testing

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small portion of intelligence. While this argument is valid, to a certain extent, it overlooks the fact that IQ testing of children can provide a great deal of needed information  about the nature of intelligence and the factors that affect intelligence, plus answer questions such as "Is IQ fixed? Or, do circumstances alter it throughout life? How important is IQ?"  etc. The following discussion consists of five summaries of research studies on IQ that evaluate children. These summaries demonstrate the variety and validity of IQ research. Delaney-Black, et al (2002)  noted that exposure to violence in childhood has been associated with lower school grades. Therefore, this research team investigated the association between exposure to violence and performance on standardized tests,  such as IQ tests. A total of 2999 urban first grade children and their caregivers were evaluated via a variety of methods that included self-report, interviews and standardized tests.  The IQ test employed was the Wechaler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised. The Test of Early Reading Ability, second edition, was also administered (Delaney-Black, et al, 2002). The  final sample consisted of 157 boys (52%) and 142 (48%), with an average age of 6.9 years (age range, 5.9 to 7.9 years). After controlling for factors such as gender,  caregivers educational level, home environment, socioeconomic status and prenatal exposure to substance abuse, violence exposure was related to the childs IQ and reading ability (Delaney-Black, et al, 2002). Trauma-related distress  was also taken into consideration as an additional variable in reading ability. Employing the derived regression on equation to estimate effect sizes, the research team predicated that children who  had previously experienced both violence and trauma-related distress at or above the 90th percentile would have a 7.5 point decrement in IQ and a 9.8 point decrement in reading ability