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Start of Intelligence Tests
In 1905, French psychologists Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon produced the first intelligence test (for that time). It was revised multiple times after this. -
Revision of the intelligence test for the future
Lewis M. Terman revised the French test in 1916 to adjust and adapt it to test children and some adults in the United States of America. He was known as the "Father" of the gifted education movement. He published the Stanford-Binet, which changed the way intelligence tests are done and forever changing the way American education was. -
World War I aids in intelligence tests
The Army Alpha and Beta were created and over a million military recruits had to take the test.This created more legitimate testing for the future in academics and for the public outside of education. -
Longest running study
In 1921, Lewis Terman started the longest study to date of gifted children. The initial study began with 1,500 gifted students. -
Gifted Child Education
Leta Stetter Hollingworth was the one to start the gifted education for children. She used the revised version of the Binet-Simon scale very much to identify very bright children and to aid in their future of their education. -
Establishment of school for gifted children
Hollingworth establishes the Speyer School for gifted children. The Speyer school is still around to date. -
Progression of education for all
The Office of the Gifted Talented in the US Department of Education becomes official in 1974.
