Examines the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) in terms of the multicultural model, philosophical basis, and environments in which any assessment strategy must function. Concludes that multiple normal distributions are not justified based on variance accounted for in WISC-R (Wechsler Intellegence Scale for Children-Revised)…

New approaches to assessing intelligence are discussed, as well as new intelligence tests. Among the developments are investigating neurometrics, adapting testing to the effects of technology on children, countering cultural bias, assessing social intelligence, focusing on aspects of cognitive styles, measuring learning potential, and using…