Pace 1
Ni’Jah Pace
Ms. Julia Ferguson
English Comp I, P025
25 September 2017
Standardized Tests versus Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Test
In 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act, but in reality, students
are still being left behind. In 1983, Howard Gardner proposed Multiple Intelligences. The
concept of Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence is used to understand how people learn, it is said that
every individual is unique and learns in his or her own way. The theory is based on Alfred
Binet’s Intelligent Quotient. Gardner says that the IQ test should be based on a broader range
