You are scored on one of several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. You may not remember as well but you're still being tested on what you have learned and stored in your mind. Your scores for a few tests are lower than you believe they should be. Why would who you are at school be based on tests? Using the articles by Herrington, Huddle, Kauffman and Benson, I believe that intelligence testing shouldn't be factored in school. School doesn't test what you know, it tests what you remember. Therefore, testing shouldn't be a requirement to school standards. Learning should be all school is for. To start off, Herrington (2011) had made a valid point. "What defines intelligence? Who can say who is or is not a smart person, well equipped, creative, and logical?" If you were to test a fish and a monkey on how to climb a tree, who would seem smarter? Of course the monkey would because the fish couldn't even sustain without water. But what if you tested on who would swim underneath water? It's the same for people. Some are stronger in some areas rather than others in schools and testing. She also …show more content…
Within the article he says, "We wouldn't use a micrometer as the single tool to build the car." This is his way of saying that people cannot all be judged upon he same tool. The only way to properly test people is to use tools unique to them. You need more than one tool to base everyone on a whole scale together. Huddle (2015) also says, "Sattler indicated that no one intelligence test measures the full range of abilities related to intelligent behavior." So, what he said is that you would have to take all eight tests to try and cover all aspects you could gain the tittle "smart". I understand why schools think they should give these tests, to help determine whether or not students have mental disorders or anything relative, but do they really have the licenses or a real need to test the