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William Torrey Harris first effort in public schools
William was a superindendent in a public school. He made the first effort to educate gifted students in gifted education. -
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History of Gifted Education
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Special Gifted Classrooms
A series of tests are developed by two French researchers Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon. The name of the test became Binet-Simon. This test was used to test students intelligence and place them in a special classroom away from normal functioning peers. -
Testing in America
Lewis Terman published the Stanford-Binet which forever changes intellegence testing. He was also named the "father" of gifted education. -
Special Opportunity Class
Special class for gifted students begins in New York City. The class was created by Leta S. Hollingworth. The class yielded a textbook, approximately forty research articlces and bluprints for Hollingworth's work. -
Gifted Education Progresses
National Association of Gifted Children is created with Ann Isaacs as the leader. Brown vs the Board of Education ends "seperate but equal". -
Federal Government
First large scale effort for gifted education by the federal government. The National Defense Education Act passed. -
Research Center
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented was established. It was established at the University of Conneticut and included researchers from the University of Virginia, Yale and the University of Georgia. -
No Child Left Behind
NCLB is passed as the reauthroization of Elementary and Secondary Edcuation Act. Statewide grants were given. The definition for gifted and talendted students was once again modified to state: 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 activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.
