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[mensa.org.au](mensa.org.au)  \nAustralian Mensa provides this information which may be of interest to members or the public. The opinions expressed in this document are solely those of the author and not of Australian Mensa.  \nIQ testing, intelligence testing, cognitive testing, and cognitive abilities testing all describe an assessment, instrument, or test (terms also used interchangeably) that has been designed to measure critical aspects of what psychologists consider ‘intelligence.’ Psychologists who develop such tests help with updating our knowledge of the way humans think and process information.  \nDifferent tests include different activities.  \nSpecific cognitive abilities will be chosen to be included in a particular IQ test because the test designer considers those abilities fit with their view of intelligence. Some tests will have a child use a pencil or ink stamper in what are called processing speed activities, while other IQ tests do not see ‘intelligence’ as reflected in performance on processing speed activities and have no such activities.  \nA test must be ‘normed’ for its country of use. Tests used in Australia (and New Zealand) are first tested before their release on children in those countries. As a result of this norming process, picture items may change (a skunk in a US test may become a possum in ours) and language is changed too (the word“faucet” in a US test will be changed to “tap” in Australia). This norming process, too, gives the Australasian version of the test a comparison group of children from Australia and New Zealand with whom to compare, rather than comparing them with other overseas populations. Along with the test adaptation for a country, over time, test questions become ‘dated,’ language usage changes, and what children might know also changes so tests need to change to reflect this.  \nGenerally, Australian Mensa accepts earlier editions of any accepted test, providing it was the current edition of the test at the time the assessment was conducted.  \nWhy is IQ testing necessary?  \nIQ testing may be suggested for your child for a number of reasons. Sometimes the school suggests that a child should be assessed because the child is showing strengths in some areas in their learning, or perhaps conversely, they are concerned that the child is not progressing as well as might be expected. A school may be seeking information and, importantly, the psychologist’s recommendations, so that they can design an appropriate program of study for the child.  \nSometimes parents believe there is ‘more’ to their child than is being seen and they seek out an IQ assessment to confirm their suspicions that their child may be a child of high intellectual potential. There might be a history of giftedness in the family and parents are seeking information as to whether their child is gifted.  \nAustralian and international research suggests that not all gifted children achieve at a level matching their cognitive abilities—they underachieve. In the gifted population, research suggests that between 15% and 50% of gifted children underachieve based on their ability. The earlier that academic underachievement is identified, the better the chances are of reversing it. Sometimes the gifted child is not thought of as being gifted and is only identified when IQ testing takes place. This may be because in class the child’s grades, or achievement levels, might be ‘at standard’ in a classroom or that the child’s intellectual high potential is not identified at all because it is not being looked for. IQ testing may also be required in the determination of a Specific Learning Disorder or other diagnoses, which may require an IQ assessment to confirm —or exclude—lower levels of cognitive ability in what may be adiagnosable condition.  \nAn Australian Mensa Initiative  \nP","cbCaicoTDnMci3mH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicoTDnMci3mH","pdf",1094040,"English","# IQ testing: What it is and what you need to know\n## How IQ tests differ and what they measure\n## Why tests are normed for Australia and New Zealand\n## When IQ testing is necessary\n## Common recommended assessment tools\n## Wechsler, Stanford-Binet, and Woodcock-Johnson assessments","[{\"question\":\"What does IQ testing measure?\",\"answer\":\"IQ testing is an assessment designed to measure critical aspects of what psychologists consider intelligence. 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