History of Gifted Education By agalen Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Feb 22, 2013 History Gifted Education Jan 1, 1917 1917 US Army begins testing for intelligence Jan 1, 1926 1926 First gifted child book was published Jan 1, 1950 1950 National Science Foundation Grant The grant was created to fund science and gifted programs Jan 1, 1971 1970's SMPY was used to find gifted math students Jan 1, 1983 1983 Nation at Risk was published This was was important to show what we need to do with gifted students. Jan 1, 1990 1990's Gardners Intelligences were being used Jan 1, 1998 1998 Gifted Standards were created Feb 22, 2013 2000's Renzulli's theories are being used Renzulli publishes a website that children can use to be successful gifted students
