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Ask the StoryBots , IQ Score 173/200

Ask the StoryBots has an IQ Score of 173/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

animationeducationalsciencechildren
173/ 200
Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Ages 3-8SEL 24/50
Ask the StoryBots poster, IQ Score 173/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
40
Educational Value/50
48
Craft & Quality/50
42
SEL Score/50
24
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)  · How we score →
What these dimensions mean
  • Cognitive Stimulation: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
  • Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
  • Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
  • SEL: social-emotional learning on the CASEL framework, self-awareness, regulation, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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Why you should trust this score

Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP
Licensed school psychologist. Built the TVI Kids SEL framework and reviews the rubric application for children's content, including every TVI Kids Essential designation.
Formula
round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4
Database scale
2,587 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Netflix/JibJab production where each episode answers a child-submitted question, "Why is the sky blue?", "How do ears work?", with genuine scientific accuracy and unusually rigorous research. The musical-explainer format compresses real expertise into preschool-accessible registers; the Emmy wins reflect the curatorial seriousness that distinguishes this from the average kids-edutainment slate.

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Ask the StoryBots scored 173/200 (Masterclass tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/ask-the-storybots/

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