Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...

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Figure 9. Weighted percentages of gifted students who dropped out of school by
race/ethnicity.
Finally, parents' highest level of education was examined among gifted students
who dropped out of school (see Figures 10 and 11). For father's highest level of
education, a high percentage of fathers of gifted students who dropped out of school did
not finish high school (40%) or completed high school but did not go on to higher
education (23%). The descriptive analysis of mother's highest level of education showed
similar results, indicating that 26% of mothers of gifted students who dropped out of
school did not graduate from high school and 36% of them graduated from high school
only. Chi-square analyses were conducted between gifted students who dropped out of
school and gifted students who completed school with respect to parents' highest level of
education. Significant differences were found on both father's educational level, χ 2 (7,
N=3,458)=48.45, p