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Cloud Tags: What are the shortcomings of regular IQ and academic testing in schools?
The shortcomings of these tests as indicators of future professional success are therefore not often evident until after students have graduated and begun to work in the "real world". When this happens, though, the students who did very well academically may find they are no longer as "exceptional" as they once were, since the requirements of daily life are not limited to the strictly academic. They may end up in a middle-management position somewhere, and although they will not technically be failures, they will not necessarily be the success stories that their above average academic tests indicated they could be. In contrast, the "Average" students may very well go on to excel in their chosen field for the same reason that the exceptional students do not. Professional fields are not always academic in nature, so students who did poorly to average in academic endeavors in school may find they are suddenly much more adept at various tasks not included in the standardized performance tests.
The failure of these standardized academic performance tests accurately to measure learning progress as well as future learning ability is explained by their very narrow focus. They measure students solely on one facet of their learning ability while the "real world" tests them on a variety of levels, often allowing them to find a niche not previously available to them in school.
