Sally Reis on Gifted Education

tokenadult
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:56:26 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong but a too-high proportion of gifted students are actually high-school dropouts.



Where did I just see an article about that? Oh, yeah:

[Gifted Exchange: Are 20% of high school drop-outs gifted?](Gifted Exchange: Are 20% of high school drop-outs gifted?)

The conclusion is that there is insufficient evidence to say with confidence that gifted students are overrepresented, or even proportionally represented, among high school dropouts. (I knew high school dropouts among my smartest friends from high school. They all finished college degrees without ever going back to get high school diplomas.)