able boys in the upper quarter there 

 were six able girls. Table 1 1 shows 

 that the ratio of able boys to able 

 girls in the upper quarter enrolled in 

 college was 6 to 4.5. Thus, it is clear 

 that the greatest social and personal 

 loss of human resources comes in the 

 ranks of able girls in the upper quar- 

 ter" (pp. 37-38). 



— "The Utilization of Potential 

 College Ability Found in June 

 1940, Graduates of Kentucky High 

 Schools," by Horace Leonard Davis. 

 Bulletin of the Bureau of School 

 Service, College of Education, Uni- 

 versity of Kentucky. Vol. XV. No. 1. 

 Sept. 1942. 



"Location of brightest seniors. 

 When we determine which economic 

 group furnished the largest percent- 

 age of seniors possessing the higher 

 grades of intelligence we secure dif- 

 ferent results. All economic groups 

 except the highest salaried group are 

 represented in the highest one per- 

 centile class. Table XLII shows the 

 percentage of students belonging to 

 each economic group whose mental 

 test score gave them a rating of A-f 



or A, the highest grades made on the 

 tests, also the percentage making a 

 mental rating of E — or F, the low- 

 est grades of intelligence possessed 

 by our total or standard group. 

 Groups 2, 3, and 4, where the in- 

 come varied from $1,000 to $4,500, 

 have the largest percentage of seniors 

 rated A-|- and groups 1 and 5 the 

 smallest. Groups 3 and 4, are supe- 

 rior to group 2 in the percentage of 

 students rated A-|- or A. 



"From a study of our distribution 

 tables it appears that neither group 

 1 nor group 5 contain students who 

 score above 180 points in the tests. 

 But seniors possessing this grade of 

 ability were found in each of the 

 other economic groups. The bright- 

 est students belong to group 4, the 

 annual income of whose parents 

 ranged from $1,000 to $2,000. Eight 

 students belonging to the group, 6 

 boys and 2 girls, made scores over 

 185. And 5 students in our lowest 

 economic group (annual income $500 

 to $1,000) made scores ranging from 

 175 to ISO, while there was but a 

 single student in our highest salaried 

 group who made a score above 175 

 points" (p. 213). 



'Percent of Students In Each Economic Group Possessing Highest 



or Lowest Grades of Ability 



Economic groups compared 



Percent rated: 



A+ 



A+ or A 



F 



E- or F 



Total cases. _ 



Salary 

 $500- 

 $1,000 



0.82 



5.68 

 1.92 

 8.99 

 1,089 



"If we count all students whose test groups arrange themselves . . . : 

 scores gave them a mental rating of Group 3 (income $2,000 to $3,000) 

 A-j-, A or B, these \arious economic comes first; group 2 (annual income 



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