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DUKE UNIVERSITY TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
7TH GRADE TALENT SEARCH
2017–2018 Score Results Summary
Congratulations on your student’s achievement: just being invited to take an above-level test through Duke TIP is an honor and indicates
that your child is in the top 5 percent of their grade-level testing. This report shows you how your student’s ACT or SAT scores compare
with those of other talent search participants. You may use this information to build an appropriate educational plan for your child.
Keep in mind, this results summary compares your student’s scores to other academically talented students nationwide, so you may find
your student’s percentile rankings are lower than you are used to seeing. This is nothing to worry about: the ACT and SAT are intended
for high school juniors and seniors. When taken in the seventh grade, these tests should be viewed as diagnostic tools to identify your
child’s academic strengths. Many TIP 7th Grade Talent Search participants go on to earn outstanding official scores when they retake
these tests in high school.
See the back page for suggestions on building an educational plan based on your student’s test scores.
TIP Resources & Activities
Above-level testing is the beginning of Duke TIP’s resources for
academically talented students. In the coming years, your student
can access useful online resources through Duke TIP and apply to our
educational programs. The amount of benefit your student receives from
Duke TIP will depend on their level of involvement. We encourage them
to become involved in TIP opportunities.
Each month, your student will receive a benefits statement that
includes links to the resources and opportunities available to them
that month, and information from Insights, TIP’s online magazine for
gifted students. Insights explores exciting topics and potential careers,
profiles role models, recognizes outstanding TIPsters, and provides
opportunities to interact with gifted peers. To ensure that your monthly
statement arrives, keep your email address current by using the student
update form at tip.duke.edu/update. Duke TIP maintains a comprehensive website on college planning
for gifted students. Visit tip.duke.edu/readyforcollege.
Students who enroll in the 7th Grade Talent Search can apply to
Duke TIP’s educational programs, including Summer Studies, Our online Opportunity Guide offers information on educational programs,
eStudies, Scholar Weekends, and Field Studies. Some programs have academic competitions, and scholarships for gifted students. Our Research
qualifying score requirements and additional costs. Learn more at Digest provides research-based advice about rearing and educating
tip.duke.edu/programs. academically talented children. Visit giftedtoday.org to access both.
Students with exceptional test scores are invited to a State
Recognition Ceremony, while students with even higher scores are
honored at the Grand Recognition Ceremony held at Duke University
each May. Invitations for these ceremonies are sent to qualifying
students in April. Visit tip.duke.edu/ceremonies to learn more.
Welcome to the Duke TIP family! We wish you all the best as you
support your gifted student through middle school and beyond.
How do I interpret my student’s scores?
Although the score report you received from ACT or SAT compares To use the tables comparing your student’s scores with those earned
your student’s test scores to those of high school graduates, this results by other talent search participants, find your child’s score in the shaded
summary reflects how well your student performed relative to the column, then read across the columns for the corresponding test
43,120 other seventh graders whose scores were received by Duke section to find their percentile rank.
TIP as of March 15, 2018. We use a peer-to-peer reporting format. How Example: If your student scored a 20 on the ACT English, find the
well your child performs compared to other students their age is the number 20 under the “SCORE” column and read across to the column
most useful way to look at this data when discussing an appropriate entitled “English % Rank” to find a percentile rank of 69 percent. This
educational plan for your child with school counselors and teachers. indicates that the ACT English score is equal to or higher than 69 percent
Keep in mind that these percentile rankings include only seventh of this year’s group of seventh graders who took the ACT English test.
graders who qualified for TIP by scoring in the top 5 percent of
standardized grade-level tests—meaning these score results represent
a “best of the best” comparison.
2017–2018 TEST SUMMARY TABLE
Average Talent Top Talent
Test Name
Test Time & Length Possible Scores Search Score Search Score
& Section
Reported Reported
SAT Evidence-Based
100 minutes, 96 questions 200–800 500 780
Reading and Writing
SAT Math 80 minutes, 58 questions 200–800 480 800
400–1600 (sum of
SAT Total 980 1570
two sections)
ACT English 45 minutes, 75 questions 1–36 17 36
ACT Math 60 minutes, 60 questions 1–36 18 36
ACT Reading 35 minutes, 40 questions 1–36 19 36
ACT Science 35 minutes, 40 questions 1–36 18 36
1–36 (average of all
ACT Composite 18 36
four sections)
If you have not received your student’s score report, contact the
appropriate testing agency no later than July 30, 2018.
ACT: (319) 337-1270, actstudent.org
SAT: (866) 756-7346, sat.org/scores
ACT scores are kept on file permanently while SAT scores from seventh and eighth grade are not. You can ask the
SAT to keep your student’s SAT scores on file permanently by submitting a request to them before July 30 of your
student’s seventh grade year. Neither testing agency will share your student’s scores with colleges unless
requested by you. Duke TIP will keep scores on record indefinitely, and we will never share the scores with others.2017–2018 Score Tables
ACT SCORE TABLE SAT SCORE TABLE
Based Reading and
Based Reading and
TOTAL SAT SCORE
TOTAL SAT SCORE
Reading % Rank
Science % Rank
Writing % Rank
Writing % Rank
English % Rank
Comp % Rank
Math % Rank
Math % Rank
Math % Rank
Total % Rank
Total % Rank
Evidence-
Evidence-
SCORE
SCORE
SCORE
36 99 99 99 99 99 800 99 99 490 46 57 ≥1410 99 1060 76
35 99 99 99 99 99 790 99 99 480 40 51 1400 99 1050 74
34 99 99 99 99 99 780 99 99 470 35 44 1390 99 1040 71
770 99 99 460 30 38 1380 99 1030 69
33 99 99 98 99 99
760 99 99 450 25 31 1370 99 1020 66
32 99 99 97 99 99
750 99 99 440 21 25 1360 99 1010 63
31 99 99 95 99 99
740 99 99 430 17 25 1350 99 1000 60
30 98 99 94 99 99
730 99 99 420 13 19 1340 98 990 56
29 98 99 94 99 99
720 99 99 410 10 15 1330 98 980 53
28 97 99 92 98 98
710 99 99 400 8 11 1320 98 970 50
27 97 98 90 97 97 700 99 99 390 6 11 1310 98 960 47
26 95 97 88 96 96 690 99 98 380 4 8 1300 98 950 43
25 93 95 85 94 94 680 99 98 370 3 6 1290 97 940 40
24 90 93 82 90 91 670 98 97 360 2 4 1280 97 930 37
23 86 90 78 87 88 660 97 97 350 2 2 1270 97 920 33
22 81 87 71 80 83 650 97 97 340 1 2 1260 97 910 30
640 96 96 330 1 1 1250 96 900 27
21 75 84 65 75 77
630 94 96 320 1How to use the information in this report
Once you know your student’s scores and how to interpret them, we recommend that you share this information with your student’s school counselors
or teachers and talk to them about your child’s options. You may review the many enrichment programs that Duke TIP offers your student, with an eye
to augmenting your school’s gifted services. It is important to create an educational plan that challenges your student and keeps him or her engaged.
Not all schools offer gifted education options, so you will need to work with your school to obtain the best possible opportunities for your child. Duke
TIP provides research-based materials and offers advice on how to take action. Visit tip.duke.edu/justthefacts to learn more.
Recommendations for building an educational plan
Schools accommodate the needs of gifted students in many different If your student scored in the 50th percentile or above on a particular
ways. While we have made suggestions below based on your subtest, it is generally appropriate to pursue or advocate for the
student’s percentile rankings in this results summary, whether or services previously mentioned as well as these additional options:
not an educational option is right for your child depends on factors • flexible pacing instruction, where assignments are matched to the
other than test scores—such as level of maturity and self-motivation, student’s abilities after preassessment; students advance at their
availability of programs, and academic interests. Keep in mind that a own pace through the curriculum
strong educational plan is just the start students may need to fulfill • curriculum compacting, which allows students to eliminate
their potential. Academically talented students may have special material they have already mastered from a curriculum and use
emotional and social needs. To learn more about these issues, visit that time for more challenging learning opportunities
TIP’s blog at giftedtoday.org. Both our Talent Talk and Research Digest • mentorship from a content or academic expert
sections provide guidance on nurturing your gifted student. • accelerated educational programs, which teach topics at a faster
pace for gifted students
If your student scored up to the 49th percentile on a particular
• single-subject acceleration, which advances a student to the next
subtest in this results summary, it is generally appropriate to
grade level in a particular subject area
pursue or advocate for these educational options:
• Advanced Placement (AP) or honors-level courses at or above
• school and summer enrichment activities in a specific academic grade level
area, such as advanced-level courses or academic competitions
If your student scored in the 75th percentile or above on a
• distance learning opportunities that offer rigorous coursework
particular subtest, appropriate educational options usually
and connect your student to content experts and gifted peers
include all prior recommendations plus these additional options:
• independent study through tutors or self-paced courses that let
your student explore topics at an advanced level • concurrent or dual enrollment, where your student enrolls
• small group seminars to expand the level or scope of topics simultaneously in middle school and high school classes, or in
covered in the regular classroom high school and college classes
• tiered assignments, which allow an entire class to study the same • whole grade acceleration, which means your student advances to
topic, with individual students assigned tasks with a level of the next grade level in all subject areas
complexity and depth appropriate to their abilities • early entrance into college
• learning or interest centers, which are designated areas at a school
that supplement curriculum taught in the classroom and provide
advanced learning in a given content area
Duke TIP programs Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Many parents rely on Duke TIP’s Summer Studies Program (grades 7–10)
educational programs to supplement Three-week summer residential program.
the gifted education resources they Learn more at tip.duke.edu/ssp.
receive in the classroom through their Scholar Weekends (grades 7–11)
senior year in high school. By connecting Intensive two-day programs.
Learn more at tip.duke.edu/scholar.
them to advanced opportunities and a
network of gifted peers, Duke TIP helps Field Studies (grades 9–12)
Two-week summer residential program at field study locations.
academically talented students reach
Learn more at tip.duke.edu/fieldstudies.
their full potential. Information on all
eStudies (grades 7–11)
of these programs—including any
Seven-week online summer program.
qualifying score requirements that may Learn more at tip.duke.edu/estudies.
apply and financial aid availability—
Independent Learning (grades 4–10)
can be found at tip.duke.edu/programs. Students learn at their own pace, when and where
it’s most convenient for them. Visit tip.duke.edu/learn.
Rosetta Stone Foundations through Duke TIP (grades 4–12)
Special version of the language-immersion software designed for students.
Courses are offered in 24 languages. Learn more at tip.duke.edu/rosetta.
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