Life Quote by Anonymous

Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.

— Diane Ravitch

“While standardized tests can certainly be useful for scientifically investigating the mind and brain, and can greatly inform educational interventions, there’s no reason why…

— Scott Barry Kaufman

When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.

— Andy Rooney

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things…

— Angela Duckworth

The school system only recognizes one type of intelligence. There are so many different types of intelligence.

— Bruce Springsteen

“One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and it’s incredibly…

— Bruce Springsteen

I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then…

— Halton Arp

I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ…

— Daniel Tammet

I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities,…

— Daniel Goleman

“And that is the problem: academic intelligence offers virtually no preparation for the turmoil—or opportunity—life’s vicissitudes bring. Yet even though a high IQ is…

— Daniel Goleman