Year 3 IQ Test

[Growlithe]

My DDs school year (year 3) are sitting an IQ test in school today. Does anyone know if this is a routine test, and what the results may be used for? Also do the parents get to know the results?

Are you absolutely sure they're sitting an IQ test? This would be highly unusual.

They might be sitting a verbal reasoning, or non verbal reasoning, or CATS test though.

You probably won't get to know the results - and if you did they probably wouldn't mean anything to you.

It's just part of the data package some schools keep on kids. They can then tell if kids are doing well compared to how they should be doing.

Also discrepancies in tests like verbal and non-verbal reasoning can indicate stuff to the SENCO like dyslexia.....

Thanks Indigo, I thought it sounded unusual, which was why I asked. There was an entry in the school diary this week 'Year 3 IQ test', and DDs class was actually told they were having an IQ test. I just wondered if it was an old fashioned IQ score they were after what possible use would this have. I'm now guessing there's a bit more to it than that so thanks for your explanation.

Sometimes that sort of test can be used to spot under performers and then the school and parents can work out what might be stopping them reach their potential.

It wouldn't be done as routine for a whole school year

Verbal/non verbal reasoning tests are essentially IQ tests

Some schools routinely do non-verbal reasoning tests across year groups. As legohousebuilder says, they are used to identify children who could be underperforming by other measures.

My school did these every year (a long time ago given I'm ancient) and I was one of the under-performers. All through school I did quite well but wasn't top of the class. When I got straight A's at A level (not boasting and I have half the IQ I had then, seemingly thanks to motherhood!), one of the teachers told my mum that they weren't surprised at all because I'd always scored very, very highly in the IQ type tests. Shame they didn't actually act on that knowledge earlier as the reason I underperformed was I was bored in class and switched off but at least it turned out okay in the end.

I'd hope that schools doing them these days would actually act on the information rather than going 'oh look Legohousebuilder has a very high score' and then shoving the results sheet in a filing cabinet never to be thought about again.

This makes sense Lego. I was suspicious because it is a successful school in terms of 11+ results and I was thinking (negatively) that maybe they were using the results of such tests to decide which children to 'concentrate' on. Now I am thinking that they are actually positively trying to seek out those who have not yet shown their capability in order to help them. I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about it all now. Thanks for your replies.