Records - School and Intelligence Assessments
Item set
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- en Records - School and Intelligence Assessments
- Description
- en This small collection includes documents from survivor case files. Names have been anonymized for the protection of survivors. The documents relate to intelligence testing, schooling and education and contain Intelligence tests, student educational progress reports, and letters regarding the assignment of students to classes based on their test results. The collection, especially if more documents can be added to it as more records are contributed, is evidence of the theoretical dual-purpose of the Huronia Regional Centre: education and control (keeping in mind that only a very small percentage of children attended school classes and schooling for those who did attend classes was problematic). The collection also highlights the complex relationship between ideas about intelligence, “educability” and psychiatric diagnosis.
Items
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A collection of Academic Report Cards for Cheryl from Huronia Regional Centre's Department of Education. Only two of them are dated. -
A brief school progress report noting Cheryl's grades in arithmetic, language, and spelling. The report describes Cheryl as distracted and a worrier. -
A school test from 1963 at the Huronia Regional Centre. -
Cheryl's school progress report from 1969-1970. The teacher describes Cheryl's lack of interest in her studies, that she becomes frustrated, and believed to be returning home for the summer. -
This document is a psychological report completed by a physician to determine Timothy's future placement. The report notes Timothy's IQ test score and describes him as being "seriously retarded and autistic."