*Intelligence tests should not be used to select people for admission to schools or for employment, since these tests are an unfair and sometimes biased assessment of a person`s capacity for success.*

IQ Tests Do Not Make the Grade

For centuries , schools have been emphasizing the intellectual achievement of students . However , recent research in the fields of education and psychology has noted multiple intelligence patterns which are equally importance as mere intelligence quotient , or IQ . Some of these patterns include creativity , practicality , leadership and social skills - all of which are inarguably vital for survival in a college atmosphere and /or the workplace . I will therefore argue the proposition that intelligence tests should not be used to select people for admission to schools or

for employment , since these tests are an unfair and sometimes biased assessment of a person 's capacity for success

Not all levels of intelligence can be measured with a standard IQ test Colleges and employers who rely on these tests alone are missing out on other forms of intelligence that can be shown to be just as important to student or employee success . One type of intelligence that is separate from verbal and mathematical ability has been termed Emotional Intelligence (EI . EI is generally defined as a type of construct which deals with three distinct abilities : (1 ) the identification and expression of emotions (2 ) the regulation of emotions and (3 ) the application of emotional information to thinking and action (Lyusin 2006 ,

. 55 . Many researchers have attempted to develop models to study and measure EI . Salovey and Mayer developed a type of emotional hierarchy in 1990 which relates to both a person 's individual emotions and to their perceptions of others ' emotions . Then , in 1997 , Reuven Bar-On developed a model which related EI to certain abilities which include elements of self knowledge , interpersonal skills , adaptability stress management , and mood . This model correlates EI with some cognitive abilities in addition to emotional abilities (Lyusin , 2006 This research indicates a very real intelligence domain that is not currently tested by academic tests

Another area of potentiality that can lead to a premier student or employee but that is not measured by any intelligence test is that of creativity . Creativity refers to skills and attitudes needed in generating ideas and products that are (a ) relatively novel (b ) high in quality , and (c ) appropriate to the task at hand (Amabile 1996 Creativity is the ability to find solutions to problems or to generate ideas that are fresh and inventive . While IQ tests offer scores in the realms of verbal ability and spatial ability which proclaims a person as either verbally or mathematically gifted , regular or slow , creativity is also divided into domains which can be very helpful in determining potential . For example , an individual with creative potential in poetry will have different IQ scores than a person with creative potential in physics . However , it is likely that both students will only score highly on one component of the tests . Creative intelligence demands a further division into what Kaufman and Baer (2006 ) call micro-domains Here the evaluator can choose which areas , or domains , are necessary for success in a specific field and tailor...