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French researchers, Binet and Simon, develop a series of tests (Binet-Simon) to identify children of inferior intelligence
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Lewis Terman, the “father” of the gifted education movement, publishes the Stanford-Binet, forever changing intelligence testing and the face of American education.
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Lewis Terman begins what has remained the longest running longitudinal study of gifted children with an original sample of 1,500 gifted children.
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Leta Hollingworth publishes Gifted Child: Their Nature and Nurture, what is considered to be the first textbook on gifted education.
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The National Association of Gifted Children is founded under the leadership of Ann Isaacs
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The first formal definition of gifted was revealed in The Marland Report in 1972 when schools were encouraged to define giftedness broadly, to include leadership ability, visual and performing arts, creative or productive thinking, and psychomotor ability.
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Congress passes the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act as part of the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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National Excellence: The Case for Developing America's Talent issued by the United States Department of Education outlining how America neglects its most talented youth
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NAGC publishes Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards to provide guidance in seven key areas for programs serving gifted and talented students.
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2002-The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is passed as the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Javits program is included in NCLB, and expanded to offer competitive statewide grants. The definition of gifted and talented students is modified again.
