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West said that Patty's IQ had dropped to 109 from a score of 129-130 on school tests, which had placed her, the psychiatrist said, in the top 5% of the nation in intelligence. Standard psychological tests revealed a person with a "childlike level of functioning," one with a "lack of self-esteem and shattered pride." The stories she made up were "sad, hopeless, with nostalgia about the past." Describing human characters in one test, she tended to use such words as "dutiful and compliant"-a common response, West told the jurors, among former prisoners...
West said that Patty was recovering, that her IQ was back up to 129 and that "she understands better now what's been happening to her." But West also testified that Patty still trembles at the mention of the Harrises, and that her pulse rate increases by 50% and she grows pale and sweaty when she remembers the closets...
Student records are not confined to dry listings of grades, IQ scores and other statistics. They often bulge with personal information-much of it unsubstantiated-such as the political and sexual leanings not only of the student but also of his parents. Ever since the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act went into effect in late 1974, these records have been kept under deep cover. The files can no longer be released to outsiders without permission of the student or his parents. Moreover, the new law denies federal funds to any school or college that does not allow parents...
...telephone interview last night, Shockley cited statistics showing that what he termed the lowest economic class--black rural farm women--have the highest fertility rate. Shockley claimed this statistic indicates that more low IQ children will be born, and thus place a burden on the welfare system...
Fletcher says he views the reduction in black admission--along with the DeFunis Case, cutbacks on social programs and the current debate in the scientific community over IQ--as attempts "to legitimize white supremacist beliefs and practices." He implies that these attempts are deliberate efforts to make people skeptical of their fellow students...