That would make sense. I mentioned grade school because at that point everyone is pretty much on "lock step" still when it comes to what they are studying. It
might be a better indicator of just ability.
As you get older there become more variables and IQ will be influenced more by individual experiences . . .
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Originally posted by sugar and spice
You're right -- the SAT is supposed to correlate with first year
As for whoever said that IQ scores as a young child would be the most accurate prediction of intelligence -- actually, IQ scores don't stabilize until your late teen years, so it wouldn't be out of the question for someone to score 100 on an IQ test when you were 8, 160 when you were 12, and even out at 130 by the time you were 18. Usually the variations are a little less drastic than that, though  -- but they still exist.
For that reason most people don't advocate IQ tests for kids because they're probably going to be pretty inaccurate in the long run.
God, the things I remember from AP psych . . .
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