Acceleration/Grade Skipping

The subtitle is a bit of a put-off for schools, but this is the premier research on academic acceleration of gifted students including skipping grades.  It is now available in "international versions" translated into seven languages other than English.


Academic Underachievement



Brain Development in Gifted Children


Curriculum/Academic Decisions/Schooling Approaches

Results of a 2-year effort by a National Research Council (NRC) committee to examine programs for advanced study of mathematics and science in U.S. high schools. The committee focused on the two most widely recognized programs in the United States, and the only two of national scope: Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). The committee also identified alternatives to IB and AP and addressed specific questions about advanced study...

Numerous studies linked on Hoagies' Gifted website

2008 Report from the U.S. Department of Education



State by State Information

Data on the state of gifted education throughout the US.  2009 report.

Testing: IQ & other Ability tests, Achievement



Twice Exceptionality (Gifted with Learning Disabilities)

Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 38(5), 2001


Please visit our new Gifted in the News page for links to media articles about gifted children.
We have compiled links to research studies regarding gifted children and education to help you in making schooling decisions for your children.  Please contact me if there are other areas of research that you would like to see here and I will attempt to track down studies for you.