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Develops the first program to educate gifted students in schools.
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Binet and Simon develop tests for identifying gifted children
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Lewis Terman publishes the Stanford-Binet tests and changes the face of intelligence testing in American education.
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The US enters WWI and starts Army Alpha and Beta, a test given to a million recruits, intelligence testing.
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Leta S. Hollingworth starts the Special Opportunity CLass in NYC for gifted students.
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Lewis Terman publishes Genetic Studies of Genius which concludes certain markers for gifted students.
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Leta Hollingoworth publishes the first textbook on gifted children.
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The National Science Foundation Act grants federal support for education in math, science and engineering.
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National Association of Gifted Children is founded.
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The Brown vs. Board of Education ends "separate but equal education."
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Russia launches the first satellite Sputnik and American needs to advance in math, science and technology.
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The federal government starts a large scale effort towards gifted education.
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The first formal definition of gifted students that encourages schools to define giftedness.
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The US Office of Education forms the Office of the Gifted and Talented.
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The Education for All Handicapped Children Act establishes and mandate for all children with special needs but does not include gifted children.
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Congress passes the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
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The US Dept of Ed issues this study about how America neglects its most talented youth. It offers recommendations based on research.
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NAGC publishes pre K - 12th grade Program Standards for gifted students.
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The NCLB Act is passed and the definition for gifted and talented students is changed.
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The NAGC publishes the National Gifted Education Standards.
