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First systematic efforts to educated gifted students
William Torrey Harris, superintendent of public schools for St. Louis, institutes the earliest systematic efforts in public schools to educate gifted students. -
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History of Gifted Education
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Hereditary Genius Published
Francis Galton’s seminal work, Hereditary Genius, is published indicating that intelligence was passed through successive generations. His biographical study of over 400 British men throughout history leads him to conclude through statistical methods that intelligence was derived from heredity and natural selection. -
First Special School for Gifted
Worcester, Massachusetts opened the first special school for gifted children. -
Binet-Simons Intelligence Tests
French researchers, Binet and Simon, develop a series of tests (Binet-Simon) to identify children of inferior intelligence for the purpose of separating them from normally functioning children for placement in special classrooms. Their notion of mental age revolutionizes the science of psychological testing intelligence in a single numerical outcome. -
Intelligence Test Brought to America
Henry Goddard studies in France with Binet and is introduced to the Binet-Simon measurement scales. Subsequently, he ferries the test back to American in order to translate it into English and disseminate it to American educators and psychologists. -
Lewis Terman - Father of Gifted
Lewis Terman, the “father” of the gifted education movement, publishes the Stanford-Binet, forever changing intelligence testing and the face of American education. -
Opportunity Room for GIfted Students
Lulu Stedman establishes an “opportunity room” for gifted students within the University Training School at the Southern Branch of the University of California. -
Terman Longitudinal Study oF Gifted Children
Lewis Terman begins what has remained the longest running longitudinal study of gifted children with an original sample of 1,500 gifted children. -
Special Opportunity Class in NYC
Leta S. Hollingworth begins the Special Opportunity Class at P. S. 165 in New York City for gifted students. This class would yield nearly forty research articles, a textbook, and blueprints for Hollingworth’s work at P. S. 500, the Speyer School. -
Genetic Studies of Genius
Lewis Terman publishes Genetic Studies of Genius, concluding that gifted students were: (a) qualitatively different in school, (b) slightly better physically and emotionally in comparison to normal students, (c) superior in academic subjects in comparison to the average students, (d) emotionally stable, (e) most successful when education and family values were held in high regard by the family, and (f) infinitely variable in combination with the number of traits exhibited by those in the study. -
First Textbook for Gifted
Leta Hollingworth publishes Gifted Child: Their Nature and Nurture, what is considered to be the first textbook on gifted education. -
NYC School for GIfted Children
Hollingworth establishes P. S. 500, the Speyer School, for gifted children ages 7-9. -
APA Convention
J. P. Guilford gives the key note address at the annual APA convention, challenging an examination of intelligence as a multidimensional construct and emphasizes the importance of educating the gifted. -
Paul Witty - The Gifted Child
Paul Witty, author of "The Gifted Child" defines gifted children: Any child whose performance in a worthwhile type of human endeavor is consistently or repeatedly remarkable. -
Brainstorming is Born
Alex Osborn publishes Applied Imagination: Principles and procedures of creative problem solving and introduces this idea of brainstorming. -
NAGC is Founded
The National Association of Gifted Children is founded under the leadership of Ann Isaacs. -
Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning). -
Virgil Ward
Virgil Ward calls for Differentiated Education for the gifted -
Sputnik launched by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, sparking the United States to reexamine its human capital and quality of American schooling particularly in mathematics and science. As a result, substantial amounts of money pour into identifying the brightest and talented students who would best profit from advanced math, science, and technology programming. -
National Defense Education Act
The National Defense Education Act passes. This is the first large-scale effort by the federal government in gifted education. -
Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
Paul Torrance develops series of tests for creative thinking. -
Talents Unlimited
Talents Unlimited is a teaching/learning model which integrates creative and critical thinking skills into the set curriculum in any classroom arena. - Based on Calvin Taylors work, adapted by Carol Schlichter -
North Carolina’s Governor’s School for the Gifted
Founded by Virgil Ward -
Stucture of the Intellect SOI
The SOI is the application of the Structure of Intellect theory to various learning situations. It has been in continuous use and development from 1965 to the present. – Dr. J.P. Guilford -
Marland Report
The Marland Report-The first formal definition is issued encouraging schools to define giftedness broadly, along with academic and intellectual talent the definition includes leadership ability, visual and performing arts, creative or productive thinking, and psychomotor ability. [Note: psychomotor ability is excluded from subsequent revisions of the federal definition.] -
US Office of the Gifted and Talented
The Office of the Gifted and Talented housed within the U. S Office of Education is given official status. -
The Schoolwide Enrichment Triad Model
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) is a detailed blueprint for total school improvement that allows each school the flexibility to allow each school to develop its own unique programs based on local resources, student demographics, and school dynamics as well as faculty strengths and creativity. - Joseph S. Renzulli & Sally M. Reis -
Autonomous Learner Model
The Autonomous Learner Model (ALM) for the Gifted and Talented was developed in 1979 by George Betts and Jolene Kercher to specifically meet the diversified cognitive, emotional and social needs of gifted learners. Emphasis is placed on meeting the individualized needs of learners. - George Betts -
Multiple Intelligences
The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences as a model of intelligence that differentiates it into specific (primarily sensory) "modalities", rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. -
Nation at Risk Report
A Nation at Risk reports scores of America’s brightest students and their failure to compete with international counterparts. The report includes policies and practices in gifted education, raising academic standards, and promoting appropriate curriculum for gifted learners. -
Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.
The triarchic theory of intelligence was formulated by Robert J. Sternberg, a prominent figure in the research of human intelligence. The theory by itself was groundbreaking in that it was among the first to go against the psychometric approach to intelligence and take a more cognitive approach. -
IPPM Model (Levels of Service)
The Individualized Programming Planning Model is developed by Donald Treffinger. (later becomes the Levels of Service Model) -
Integrated Curriculum Model
The Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM), first proposed in 1986 and further explicated in subsequent publications (VanTassel-Baska, 1992; 1994; 1998), is comprised of three interrelated dimensions that are responsive to very different aspects of the gifted learner.– -
Kaplan Grid
The Grid helps curriculum writers make decisions about an overarching theme, the essential elements of curriculum, and the format for the creation of learning experiences. - Sandra Kaplan -
Jacob Javits GIfted and Talented Students Education Act
Congress passes the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act as part of the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. -
Integrative Education Model
Education must take advantage of new information from other fields on how human learning may be enhanced. As new insights are gained in brain research, cognitive psychology, systems theory, linguistics, and other diverse fields, they must be reflected in the classroom. It was for this purpose of synthesizing current knowledge that the Integrative Education Model was first developed. - Barbara Clark -
National Research Center on the GIfted and Talented
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented was established at the University of Connecticut and included researchers at the University of Virginia, Yale University, and the University of Georgia. -
National Excellence : The Case for Developing America's Talent
Read the report!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. The report also makes a number of recommendations influencing the last decade of research in the field of gifted education. -
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: :Gifted children should be able to benefit from appropriate educational conditions that would allow them to develop fully thieir abilities, for their own benefit and for the benefit of society as a whole. No county can indeed affor to waste talents... -
Gifted Program Standards
NAGC publishes Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards to provide guidance in seven key areas for programs serving gifted and talented students. The standards were revised in 2010 as Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards. -
NCLB
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. -
Parallel Curriculum Model
The Parallel Curriculum offers four parallel approaches illustrating ascending intellectual demand as a means of extending the intensity of challenge as students develop along a continuum toward expertise in learning. - Carol Ann Tomlinson, Sandra N. Kaplan, Joseph S. Renzulli, Jeanne Purcell, Jann Leppien, & Deborah Burns -
A Nation Deceived
Read the Report!A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students , a national research-based report on acceleration strategies for advanced learners is published by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa. -
The Birth of CCLS
In 2009 the National Governors Association hired David Coleman and Student Achievement to write curriculum standards in the areas of literacy and mathematics instruction. "The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledgand skills that our young people need for success in college and careers," which will place American students in a position in which they can compete in a global economy.
