Are there any national reports about gifted students or gifted education?
There are two federal reports that are often cited when discussing gifted education: A Nation at Risk (1983) and National Excellence: A Case For Developing America’s Talent (1993). They both highlight the missed opportunities to identify and serve gifted students in the U.S. resulting in a call for additional research and programming in the field of gifted education. The issuance of national program standards by NAGC in 1998 also helped solidify the field’s intent and provide school districts across the country with a set of programming criteria. Published in 2004, A Nation Deceived reported on the advantages of acceleration for gifted children, which illustrated America’s inability to properly meet the needs of its most able students despite the overwhelming research supporting acceleration practices in schools. Finally, there are many research monographs and other informational resources available from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC-G/T)which is funded b
