History of Gifted Education Highlights

By sgrijalva

  • Stanford-Binet

    Stanford-Binet
    Lewis Terman publishes "Stanford-Binet," changing intelligence testing in the United States.

  • NAGC

    NAGC
    Ann Isaacs founds the National Association of Gifted Children

  • Marland Report

    Marland Report
    First formal definition is issued for schools, including leadership ability, visual and performing arts, creative or productive thinking, and psychomotor ability.

  • Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act

    Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act
    The purpose of Act is to build a program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities to meet the needs of gifted and talented students.

  • Gifted Standards

    Gifted Standards
    NAGC publishes preK-12 gifted standards to provide guidance in seven key areas for programs serving gifted and talented students

  • A Nation Deceived

    A Nation Deceived
    "A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students," a national research-based report on acceleration strategies for advanced learners is published by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa.