[IYAS9YAS]

I remember a sci-fi-related magazine in the mid to late 70s that I read as a kid. It had news articles (the Space Shuttle was big at the time), and short stories. One of the short stories gave me the willies.

It was the story of a couple sending their child off for I.Q. testing done by the government. All children had to undergo the testing at a certain age.

I don't remember the specifics, but the kid was apparently a genius. The last line of the story had the government agent asking the parents where they would like their child buried.

[Abathar]

Stephen King wrote “The Long Walk” as Richard Bachman years ago.

I thought it was ridiculous at the time, but seeing people worship Obama it kind of sends a chill up my spine now too.

[KarlInOhio]

It was the story of a couple sending their child off for I.Q. testing done by the government. All children had to undergo the testing at a certain age.

That sounds like Examination Day by Henry Slesar. It was made for TV in one of Twilight Zone's later incarnations in 1985.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I remember that story. The kid would ask questions about everything that the father wasn’t smart enough to answer....

[Bookie1066]

That story was also an episode of the revived Twilight Zone series in the 1980’s