A Test For Kids

Hey, Kids!

Ever want to know how much smarter you are than 5th graders?  You can take the free kids assessment test, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" and find out!

This free quiz has 15 questions that were given to actual Fifth Grade students.  Once you finish the test, your results are compared with how well those Fifth Grade students did so you can see if you did better than them.

The 5th Grader Quiz also includes a free analysis of how well you did.

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The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, more commonly known as the FCAT, is a series of exams given to students of specific grade levels over the course of their public school career.  As Florida's public schools are guided by detailed “Sunshine State Standards” and benchmarks in all core realms of academia, the FCAT serves to critically measure students' retention and comprehension of the mandatory curriculum. 

For example, students are assessed depending on grade level on information from topics such as:

·         Grades 3 through 10 – FCAT evaluates reading skills and abilities

·         Grades 5, 8, and 10 – FCAT evaluates reading, mathematics, and science skills and abilities

·         Additionally, grades 4, 8, and 10 evaluate key content material in addition to writing skills

In more closely examining the FCAT, the assessment focuses on “Sunshine State Standards,” which have gradually been established to represent the key material that Florida residents believe their children must understand at each specific grade level. 

For example, the FCAT reading assessments evaluate the construction of meaning from informational and literary texts, while the FCAT mathematics assessments evaluate students' comprehension of the sense, concepts, and operations of numbers, while the math tests continue to gradually evaluate students' measurement, geometry, spatial sense, algebraic, and data analysis skills. 

The TerraNova is a nationally-administered standardized assessment test similar to the ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) and the SAT-10 (Stanford Achievement Test, Version 10).  The overall purpose of the TerraNova is to provide achievement scores that are valid for most types of educational decision-making.  This gives teachers, parents, and tutors a better understanding of a student's educational strengths and weaknesses which can then be used to help differentiate the student's studies.

The TerraNova test includes questions in each of the 4 main subject areas: Reading / Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Science / History.  Scores in each of these subject areas are then compared as a percentile with other students in the same grade around the nation.  These percentile scores can be useful in judging overall performance of a student irrespective to difficulty level of the questions themselves.  For example, a 90% on a very easy test may not be that good of a score and only put a student at the 50th percentile, but a 90% on a difficult test may be good enough for a 98th percentile meaning that the student scored the same or better than 98% of his or her colleagues.

Since the scores on a test like the TerraNova can be instrumental in shaping a child's education it is very important for students to do well.  That is why we have created extensive practice materials through our www.BrightEducation.com website.

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The new school year is upon us converting the latency of summer for millions of children back into the yearly grind of homework, essays, and book reports.  From year to year the material children cover can vary quite significantly: especially in Social Studies and Math.  While a child needs to use “mental floss” to get back in learning mode for reading, writing and mathematics after summer vacation, his intelligence quotient remains relatively constant throughout his life.

What is your child's IQ?

An excellent way to measure intelligence is to have your child take a certified intelligence test such as our ISIQ, Children's Version.  The ISIQ is a detailed intelligence exam that accurately calculates your child's intelligence taking into account age and numerous other factors.

The ISIQ is the new standard in measuring intelligence for children and it gives you accurate intelligence quotient results at a price hundreds of dollars less than psychologist administered intelligence tests.

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We are pleased to announce the launch of our Ultimate Sales Challenge.  This free 59-question quiz tests your knowledge in the field of sales and cold calling.  How well do you think you would do against "The Perfect Salesperson"?

Why should you take the Challenge?

• Establish a baseline of your knowledge of selling
• Identify areas of weakness and strengths
• Receive suggestions to improve your performance in your weakest area
• Evaluate the progress of your sales training
• See how you compare to the perfect salesperson in over ten key areas

There are many different views on the meaning of life. Hundreds, if not thousands, of credible schools of thought exist, and every individual has an entirely unique opinion about their ultimate purpose. 

However, are these "meanings" really the meaning of life, or are they simply methods through which to live?  Something may give life meaning, but does that make it the meaning of life?

Through the entire history of philosophy, no philosophy has truly been centered around the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Each has an answer, or at least a general idea, but none are entirely focused with absolute precision on this matter. It is only recently that the question of the meaning of life has evolved into its own field of philosophy, rather than being associated with other life matters. This new field approaches the question of the meaning of life from a purely analytical standpoint.

Why has it taken so long to come to this point? First of all, it was important to fundamentally ensure one’s survival before searching for meaning. During many, if not all, of the past centuries, the survival of one's self – if not the survival of the entire human species – has been called into question. In that situation, meaning is apparent: survive long enough to get the next generation started.

Once basic survival is assured, the next pressing question is how to best live life. This question has fueled philosophy and religion since their inception. Indeed, many supposed answers to "the meaning of life" have instead given guidance on the best ways to live life and provide individual meaning. It seems that this answer was required in order for humanity to move forward to the next part of the question. We have figured out how to survive.  We have figured out how to live.  Now, why do we live?

Even though it is likely that the next stage will not come about for centuries or even millennia, what question will we ponder next?

Just because we have become conscious at some point in the past, does it mean that there must be a meaning of life?  Perhaps the nihilists have it right - there is no meaning, only life. This may seem pessimistic, but it is a valid consideration. Maybe it is selfish to think that we have meaning.

We have come into being through a multitude of accidents, coincidences and mutations. You can decide that this is as a result of some grand plan or not, but it is a key point in any search for meaning. Consider the nihilists and the postmodernists who have deconstructed many of the key principles of traditional philosophy in their search for a modern worldview.

Nihilism has been associated with and refuted by some of the most famous philosophers, including Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche. In particular, Nietzsche has been coupled with the philosophy due to his writings on the "death of God."  In fact, he was openly critical of nihilism, believing that it deprived the world of meaning. However, nihilism has enjoyed resurgence in the postmodern culture.

Postmodernism is inherently critical of philosophy and its tenets. It eschews many of the principles of most philosophies, specifically that humans have any essence that differs from that of other creatures, and many times dissembles inquiries into the meaning of life.

With these philosophies in mind, consider whether in fact there is any meaning. The human race has, through some permutation of the universe, arrived to this state. The grand plan is that there is no grand plan. The universe exists, somehow. It has evolved according to a set of physical and chemical rules that are still largely unknown. We exist, the world exists, and we go along living through no fault of our own.

So, we return to the question. Just because we become conscious does that mean that there must be a meaning to our consciousness?

The word, IQ, seems to be not only on the minds of consumers but also companies looking for product names.  Toyota is unveiling one of their newest cars, the Toyota iQ.  It should be out in Europe soon and may make its way to America shortly.

What does this choice of naming say about the car or about the marketing strategies employed by Toyota?  One thing is clear - it's about intelligence.  Intelligent decision making.  Intelligent price.  Intelligent economy.  Intelligent consumer.   Especially during tough economic times, intelligent decision making is extremely important.

At FunEducation.com, we offer a free and fun way to test your intelligence.  Take our Online IQ Test and find out what your IQ score is.  It is a PhD-Certified and accurate exam and best of all, it's a free IQ test!