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William Torrey Harris
William Torrey Harri was a superintendent of public schools for St. Louis. He helped create the earliest systematic efforts in public schools to educate gifted students. -
Francis Galton’s seminal work
Francis Galton’s seminal work titled Hereditary Genius, was published stating intelligence was passed generations.This study of over 400 British men throughout history concluded that intelligence was inherited through heredity and natural selection. -
First school for gifted children opened
In 1901 in Worcester, Massachusetts opened the first special school for gifted children. -
Develop the Binet-Simon Test
1905-French researchers, Binet and Simon, develop a series of tests (Binet-Simon) to identify inferior intelligence. The purpose of these test were to seperate them from normal intelligence students to help with their mental age. -
The National Research Center of the Gifted and Talended was established
1990-National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented was established at the University of Connecticut. This included researchers from the University of Virginia, Yale University, and the University of Georgia. -
No Child Left Behind
2002-The No Child Left Behind Act is passed as the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The definition of gifted and talented students is again modified. Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and ...
