Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Based on their scores on the SAT reasoning test or the ACT college entrance exam, more than half the Fayette County Public Schools seventh-graders who participated in the latest Duke University talent search have qualified for grand or state recognition.   

Advanced testing through Duke’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) provides families a clearer understanding of where a student stands in relation to gifted peers and what level of challenge is appropriate. Duke also provides participants with information about their abilities and introduces them to a network of services and educational programs.   

TIP students with the highest scores in Duke’s 16-state region are invited to the 2011 grand recognition ceremony May 23 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. These seventh-graders earned scores equal to or better than 90 percent of college-bound seniors who took the same tests.

This year’s Kentucky statewide recognition ceremony is May 27 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.

Seventeen students from FCPS qualified for grand honors, and nearly 150 for state recognition. A total of 294 students participated in the testing.  

• List of seventh-graders

Elementary students applied for Duke TIP’s 4^th/5^th grade talent search based on their national standardized test scores. Eligibility for enrollment indicates outstanding intellectual ability. Participants will receive stimulating and challenging opportunities through online lessons, publications, contests, the Duke TIP Book Club and an optional above-level testing experience, the EXPLORE® test. 

Award ribbons are sent to each school for local recognition.  

• List of elementary participants