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Rosselli Rubric - Looking for Quality in All the Right Places:  A Rubric for Gifted Program Quality

"Acceleration" includes a variety of mechanisms which enable the student to move at a faster pace through the through grade levels.

Early Entrance into Kindergarten
Grade Telescoping  (progressing through 2 grades in one year).
Whole Grade Acceleration (Grade Skipping)
   Article on the Iowa Acceleration Scale
   Iowa Acceleration Scale (individualized assessment tool)
   A Nation Deceived
  
Dual Enrollment in high school and college
Early Entrance into College


Acceleration of Gifted Students – a FL Dept. of Ed. Brief
NAGC Position Paper on Acceleration

Ability Grouping -  Placing students of similar ability in the same class or group for purposes of instruction. Research shows higher academic achievement gains for all students when grouped by ability and taught at a pace that matches their learning rates. (definition from Steven Nordby's Glossary of Gifted Education.

NRC/GT Abstract:   Analysis of the Research on Ability Grouping
Read Abstract and Guidelines      Read Report

NAGC Position Paper on Ability Grouping

Cluster Grouping - Assigning several identified gifted students in the same classroom. Clustering gifted students in the regular classroom allows the teacher to differentiate learning activities for a group of identified students rather than one or two students.
(definition from www.penngifted.org)

Curriculum Compacting - Curriculum compacting is one way to meet the needs of gifted students in the regular classroom. It involves eliminating the repetition of work that has already been mastered and streamlining lessons that "can be mastered at a pace commensurate with the student's motivation and ability." (definition from Schools for Talent Development: A Practical Plan for Total School Involvement by Joseph Renzulli)

What is curriculum compacting and how can it be used to improve teaching and learning?, an ERIC FAQ
Why not let high ability students start school in January?   Read Abstract and Conclusions    Read Report
What Educators Need to Know About Curriculum Compacting

Educational Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)

Distance Learning - Hoagies listing of online programs in the U.S.
 

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