Conclusions are organized into recommendations for parents and recommendations for teachers and administrators. An analysis of admission programs . The University of Connecticut. The purpose of this project was to analyze and evaluate the procedures used in selecting youth for state supported residential schools of mathematics and science. Analysis of enrollment data indicate that African Americans and Hispanic students are proportionally underrepresented, while Asian students are proportionally over-represented.
White students are underrepresented in some schools and over-represented in others.
Male students outnumbered female students in some schools and vice versa. The University of Connecticut, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Meta-analytic reviews have shown that the effects of grouping programs depend on their features. Programs that entail only minor adjustment of course content for ability groups usually have little or no effect on student achievement. In some grouping programs, for example, school administrators group students by test scores and school records and then expect all groups to follow the same basic curriculum.