Borderline range

English translation: below average intelligence but not actually retarded

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English term or phrase:Borderline range
Selected answer:below average intelligence but not actually retarded
Entered by: Charles Davis

20:33 May 13, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: Borderline range
I am translating an IEP and this word comes up a lot during the whole document. I can't see to find an appropriate word that would translate the word "Borderline" in the following context:

"_____ overall cognitive achievement functioning, as measured by his full-Scale IQ Score (FSIQ) of 77, is in the Borderline Range."
Laura Rios (X)
United States
Local time: 20:07
below average intelligence but not actually retarded
Explanation:
It means there is some cognitive impairment (below average intelligence) but the person is in a range just above intellectual disability/mental retardation.

The jargon term in psychology for someone in this category is "borderline interllectual functioning", corresponding to an IQ of 70-85. It is considered that an IQ below 70 signifies intellectual disability (also known as mental retardation). So someone with 77 lies in the middle of this range. This kind of person is regarded as a "slow learner", and is unlikely to do well in education. A normal or average range is 85-115.
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_intellectual_functi...

(You haven't asked for a Spanish translation, but this is usually known "inteligencia límite" or "función intelectual límite".)
http://asociacionenlinea.org/conceptos-inteligencia-limite/
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Charles Davis
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Local time: 01:07
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4 +3below average intelligence but not actually retarded
Charles Davis
4rango limítrofe
MollyRose
3marginally acceptable
Ronald Cryer


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borderline range
marginally acceptable


Explanation:
Marginally acceptable is another way of indicating that something is borderline.

Example sentence(s):
  • An IQ score of 77 is marginally acceptable.

    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/marginal
Ronald Cryer
Colombia
Local time: 19:07
Native speaker of: English
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borderline range
below average intelligence but not actually retarded


Explanation:
It means there is some cognitive impairment (below average intelligence) but the person is in a range just above intellectual disability/mental retardation.

The jargon term in psychology for someone in this category is "borderline interllectual functioning", corresponding to an IQ of 70-85. It is considered that an IQ below 70 signifies intellectual disability (also known as mental retardation). So someone with 77 lies in the middle of this range. This kind of person is regarded as a "slow learner", and is unlikely to do well in education. A normal or average range is 85-115.
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_intellectual_functi...

(You haven't asked for a Spanish translation, but this is usually known "inteligencia límite" or "función intelectual límite".)
http://asociacionenlinea.org/conceptos-inteligencia-limite/


Charles Davis
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Local time: 01:07
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agree  philgoddard: I assume this is adapted for American readers, since Brits would never use the word "retardation"!
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil. It's not a lay term. "Retarded" has become socially offensive, but professional psychologists have only recently stopped using it.

agree  Chema Nieto Castañón
21 mins
  -> Thanks, Chema :-)

agree  Björn Vrooman: Case in point: The DSM abandoned the term only in 2013 while the WHO was still using it at the time. See p. 2: https://bit.ly/2JCueaF Also, it's good to know what it referred to, historically speaking.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Björn :-) It was probably abandoned because of public perception (calling people "retards"); I don't think the professionals saw/see it as offensive.
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borderline range
rango limítrofe


Explanation:
This is how we say it in our school district.

I already answered this and then saw that the question was duplicated. So I am answering again here.

MollyRose
United States
Local time: 19:07
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Native speaker of: English
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