174. What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing?

Are gifted and talented programs discriminatory? Why do so many adults still remember their SAT scores? And how did Angela transform from a party girl to an Ivy League psychologist?

SOURCES:Alfred Binet • , 19th-century French psychologist. Stefan Dombrowski • , professor of psychology and director of the School Psychology Program at Rider University. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • , 18th- to 19th-century German author. Travis Kelce • , tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs in the N.F.L. Robert O'Connell • , writer and reporter. Robert Rosenthal • , professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Amy Tan • , author.

RESOURCES: • " What’s the Best Way to Find a Gifted 4-Year-Old? • " by Ginia Bellafante ( The New York Times, • 2022). • " Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q. • ," by Robert O’Connell ( The New York Times, • 2022). • " The Dark History of I.Q. Tests • ," by Stefan Dombrowski ( TED-Ed, • 2020). Grinnell College 2019 Commencement Address • , by Amy Tan (2019). • " Universal Screening Increases the Representation of Low-Income and Minority Students in Gifted Education • ," by David Card and Laura Giuliano ( PNAS, • 2016). • " The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations • ," by Terry Gross • ( Fresh Air, • 2016). • " Intelligence Is Not Enough: Non-IQ Predictors of Achievement • ," by Angela Lee Duckworth ( Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, • 2006). • " Pygmalion in the Classroom • ," by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson ( The Urban Review, • 1968).

EXTRAS: • " Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2021). • " America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up • ," by People I (Mostly) Admire • (2021). The Hundred Secret Senses, • by Amy Tan (1995). The Joy Luck Club, • by Amy Tan (1989).