Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: sci.psychology Subject: Re: Society for extremely gifted people? Message-ID: <2138@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 21 Mar 88 18:23:48 GMT References: <7550@apple.Apple.Com> <7692@apple.Apple.Com> <811@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <1211@sjuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica Lines: 17 In article <1211@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes: .The ISPE, according to its rhetoric, purported to be a society of people .interested in test scores only insofar as they predict real .*achievement*. So, I presented the argument that *actual* achievement .ought to be a better indicator than any test score, and that the .admissions criteria should be widened. ... Mensa has implimented something along this line. Recognizing there are some very intelligent people who simply don't handle testing situations well, they will also accept the opinion ("diagnosis" seems an inappropriate term (-: ) of a licensed clinical psychologist that the candidate in question meets or exceeds the membership requirement (98th %ile). -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@TTI.COM) Illegitimati Nil Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax|trwrb}!ttidca!hollombe