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Download full textNational Association for Gifted Children, 2015
As our country's need for highly skilled professionals in every field continues to grow, the "2014-2015 State of the States in Gifted Education" report provides a glimpse into a system where many high ability and high-achieving learners must fend for themselves, leaving success to chance. While there are individual areas of progress, the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Outcomes of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Van Nord, Joan E. – 1980
A survey of the reading choices made by academically gifted secondary school students was conducted in 1978 to determine if these choices differed from those revealed in a survey undertaken at the same school in 1973. It was hypothesized that there would be only minor changes in patterns of interest by grade. A total of 172 students completed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Reading Interests, Reading Research, Recreational Reading
Vorp, Ron – 1989
In 1989, a survey was conducted of Dade County Public High School (DCHS) seniors to determine high school students' postsecondary occupational and educational plans and to identify characteristics which students considered important in selecting a college, particularly with respect to Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The survey focused on…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, College Choice, Community Colleges
Prasad, Sarada; Murphy, Michael – 1988
The study reported in this document was conducted to facilitate strategic recruiting and marketing plans aimed at enhancing enrollments of academically superior students at the University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UWWC). Data on college choice criteria, perceptions, evaluations, information sources, "influentials," and choice outcomes…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Transfer Students
New York Chapter of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, New York. – 1998
The New York Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) studies of public schools continue with this report on course work for gifted students and public middle school students in general. Fourteen ACORN volunteers made 52 visits to 28 schools studied in 1996. Findings from these visits and the review of school system documents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Disproportionate Representation
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
This report notes results of a survey of high-ability students who graduated from a Maryland high school in the spring of 1996. Survey respondents, 56 percent of whom were women, were asked what postsecondary institution they planned to attend; what reasons were most important to their decision; what was their intended academic major; and what…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Choice
DBS Corp., Arlington, VA. – 1987
This document presents the results of a survey of the characteristics of students enrolled in public schools throughout the nation during the 1985-86 academic year. The survey instrument was comprised of an ED 101 form for school districts and an ED 102 form for individual schools. Surveyed were 3,455 districts, containing 37,313 schools and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
