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Significant Gifted Education Events

By rpadilla

  • Early Efforts to Educating Gifted Students in Public Schools

    Early Efforts to Educating Gifted Students in Public Schools
    William Torrey Harris set in motion the earliest planned efforts in educating gifted students in public schools and allowing students to advance every 5 weeks based on academic performance. . Harris instituted many influential ideas to solidify basic philosophical principles of education.

  • The Binet-Simon Tests

    The Binet-Simon Tests
    French researchers by the name of Binet and Simon, develop a series of test to identify gifted and talented students. The purpose of these tests were to separate the normal functioning students from the more intelligent students.

  • Stanford-Binet First Edition by L. Terman

    Stanford-Binet First Edition by L. Terman
    Known as the "father" of gifted education, Lewis Terman initializes the publication of the Stanford-Binet scale of intelligence. The test is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children.

  • National Defense Education Act

    National Defense Education Act
    NDEA passes, providing financial assistance— through the National Defense Student Loan program, funding to United States education institutions at all levels are provided. This federal legislation was passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958. The NDEA stands as a major act of funding to improve American schools.

  • Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act

    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 Act. A purpose of this program is to enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs.

  • National Gifted Education Standards for Teachers Revised Edition

    National Gifted Education Standards for Teachers Revised Edition
    The NAGC revises the originally published national gifted education standards for teacher preparation programs and knowledge and skill standards in gifted education for teachers. The purpose of these standards is to help guide and improve teaching and deepen student learning.