EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC-PERFORMANCE - PERFECT SCORES ON THE PLAN

Authors
COLANGELO N ASSOULINE SG COLE V CUTRONA C MAXEY JE
Citation
N. Colangelo et al., EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC-PERFORMANCE - PERFECT SCORES ON THE PLAN, The Gifted child quarterly, 40(2), 1996, pp. 102-110
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special
Journal title
The Gifted child quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169862
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
102 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9862(1996)40:2<102:EA-PSO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This study describes the characteristics of students who made perfect scores on one or more subtests (English, Mathematics, Reading, Science Reasoning) of the PLAN. The sample were 4,751 perfect scorers from a total population of 374,527 students (mostly sophomores) who took the test in the fall of 1991. Boys had a higher incidence of perfect score s than girls in Mathematics while more girls than boys had perfect sco res in English. There were no significant differences between boys and girls on Reading and Science Reasoning. Comparisons are presented on perfect scorers by gender, ethnicity, and subtest performance. Finally , a profile is provided on the career choices of perfect scorers.