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Worcester, Massachusetts opened the first special school for gifted children.
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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.
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The Army Alpha and Beta were created and administered to over one million recruits, further legitimatizing intelligence testing in both academia and with the general public.
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Leta S. Hollingworth begins the Special Opportunity Class at P. S. 165 in New York City for gifted students.
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The National Association of Gifted Children is founded under the leadership of Ann Isaacs.
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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.
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National Excellence : The Case for Developing America's Talent, issued by the U.S. Department of Education, outlines 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.
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NAGC publishes national gifted education standards for teacher preparation programs and knowledge and skill standards in gifted education for all teachers. The standards were revised in 2013.
