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The superintendent of public schoolis for St. Louis, William Torrey Harris, establishes the first attempt to educate the gifted learners in the public schools.
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The first special school for gifted children was opened in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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French psychologists Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon create the first real intelligence test. Their test measured vocabulary, knowledge, and thinking skills.
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Lewis Terman was titled the 'father" of the gifted education movement. He adapted the French version of the intelligence test for children in the USA.
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In 1954, under the leadership of Ann Isaacs, The National Association of Gifted Children is founded.
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The Soviet Union launches Sputnik which sends the United Stats into reexaming the quality of schooling that is offered in mathematics and science. Because of this money was poured into finding the brightest students who could best benefit from these advanced programs.
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Official status was given to the Office of the Gifted and Talented housed within the U.S. Office of Education.
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As part of the Reauthorization of the Elelmentary and Secondary Act Congress passes the Jacob Javitz Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
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The University of Connecticut established the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. This included various researchers from a variety of universities.
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The No Child Left Behin Act is passed. The definition of gifted and talented is modified for this Act.
