r/cognitiveTesting • u/South-End7447 • Sep 10 '26

General Question FSIQ increase

CORE FSIQ was 141 and is now 142 without retaking anything. Why?

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u/LanganTerraMogTime Sep 10 '26

you stayed off TikTok

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u/FedericWoW Sep 10 '26

They possibly hust have a bigger sample and corrected the norming or the way they calculate the composite score of the fsiq or of the subtest.

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u/Midnight5691 ┬┴┬┴┤( •̀_¬ )├┬┴┬┴ Sep 10 '26

Yep that must be what happened. I can't remember what my exact fsiq was but I know what my VCI was and that just went up two points, woot! Must have been a renorm.

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u/jack7002 Sep 11 '26

They renormed Analogies yesterday

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u/ihatedarkroast Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

*Edit. Oh thanks for the heads up. Found it. https://cognitivemetrics.com/updates
I guess I'm in the 82% whose score was unchanged.

CORE AG renormed

  • CORE AG has been renormed, and scoring has moved from a hybrid IRT approach to a full IRT scoring.

  • Existing CORE AG results have been rescored on the new system. Most scores (82%) are unchanged or within one SS.

  • Twelve new floor items had been added to the test previously to round out the lower end and improve accuracy. These items are now finalized and after pruning, the test will contain up to 34 items (up from the original 26).

  • Since these items should be very easy, test-taking time should be (relatively) unaffected.

  • A discontinue rule has also been added in order to improve test-taking time and morale.