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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was skeptical of these numbers until I did the research. It's even worse than I thought. Did you know that only 20% of students test in the top quintile? Is our children learning?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I was born extremely smart. I always tested way at the top of the curve... far superior to all my peers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

One could construct tests where this isn't a given. Create an exam with one really easy question and one really hard question. You'll end up with a huge spike in the center and two tiny tails. The top quintile of correct answers (<=1.6 correct answers) will be vanishingly small.