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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 days agoWhat’s interesting about the literacy tests is how much they have in common with IQ tests! For example, a friend of mine remembers his childhood testing. For part of it a child is handed a set of cards and told to put them in order. They have pictures of a set of blocks being assembled into a structure and the sun moves in an arc in the background. Following the order implied by the sun is, apparently, wrong.
What’s interesting about the literacy tests is how much they have in common with IQ tests!
For example, a friend of mine remembers his childhood testing. For part of it a child is handed a set of cards and told to put them in order.
They have pictures of a set of blocks being assembled into a structure and the sun moves in an arc in the background.
Following the order implied by the sun is, apparently, wrong.