gifted programs
Advanced student tracks
Gifted programs are educational tracks designed for students identified as having exceptional intellectual ability or talent.
Schools typically use standardized tests, teacher recommendations, or portfolio assessments to select participants.
The programs offer accelerated curricula, enrichment activities, or separate classrooms: She was placed in the gifted program in third grade.
Critics note that such programs often underrepresent minority and low-income students.
- twice-exceptionalGifted with concurrent disability
- IQ testingMeasuring cognitive abilities numerically
- underachieverOne performing below capacity
- precociousDeveloped before typical age
- aptitude testsEvaluations measuring innate capabilities
accelerated learning · grade skipping · early entrance · enrichment activities · prodigy · honors classes · standardized assessments · mentorship programs · Mensa · education programs · self-paced learning · academic excellence · peer recognition · IQ · curriculum · educational technology · pullout · talented
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- Education CharitiesTeach for America, Khan Academy, scholarship funds, educational grants, tutoring programs
- Education ServicesIEP, teacher training, 504 plan, school improvement, accommodations
- elementary education Europeprimary school, basic education, literacy, numeracy, reading
- public educationpublic school, public schools, state school, public university, state university
- public schoolselementary school, middle school, high school, kindergarten, classroom
gifted programsremedial education
Instruction addressing learning deficits
gifted programsgeneral education
Mandatory broad academic requirements
gifted programsinclusive education
Teaching all abilities together