ESPN aired another part of their interview with discredited academic advisor Barbara Monk. Today’s angle focused on the assertion that some athletes had a lower IQ than 60.

Astonishing, yes. However, it’s not the whole story. Neither Monk nor ESPN will tell that.

Monk will need to explain how she got the results. Did she administer an IQ test herself? If so, she knows that an IQ test is not administered without other assessment tests that are universally found to be more valuable and reliable than a simple IQ.

The IQ serves as a universal buzz word that people see in its extremes. Monk and ESPN are playing on this.

The student-athletes in question probably never had an IQ test adminsitered while in high school as public schools do not rely on them for any population of special needs students. Thus these students total transcripts arrived with their grades and standardized test scores. If they were special needs students, the accomodations also came documented.

So Monk’s use of the IQ test as a point of contention is misleading at best as the public are not aware of assessment testing techniques. It’s presence tells only a very small part of any student. Five year olds have heard of IQ tests. Apparently so has Outside the Lines producers.

They are grossly selective in the advancement of this story.

Barbara Monk knows all of this, too.

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