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But would the tests be measuring something that a generalized IQ test wouldn’t? It seems better to have one standardized way to measure whatever it is IQ tests are measuring and then use applicable thresholds for your domain.

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Is the test for a driver’s license the same as the test for a calculus exam? Of course not. I see no reason why the educational system or military draft is any different. As I said before, intelligence comes in a variety of forms, so the focus should be on fixing the system to account for this, not categorizing certain students with so-called learning disabilities because they don’t fit into the institutionalized definition of intelligence, which is measured on this extremely oversimplified scale known as an IQ test.

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IQ tests are perfectly reliable for predicting learning disabilities. If someone scores very low on an IQ test, they will not function well in a normal school. Neither will the function well if they score very high. They’d be bored out of their minds.

I’m struggling to understand your problem with IQ tests. If you have an IQ of between 90 and 110 as per a standard test no one really cares. You’re “normal”. Score higher maybe a bit more intelligent at spacio-temporal problems and it’s probably a good predicator that you’ll do well at mathematics.

If you score below 75 you almost certainly have an intellectual disability and need help. You can give these people any other test you like, it will make no difference. They won’t “function” in a society where the mean IQ is 100 (which it is).