Summarizes recent developments with reference to gifted education in the nation, outlines some of the current concerns in the field, and concludes with some implications for career education for the gifted and talented. (Author)

Conducted by New York State's Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review (LCER), this program audit reviews the implementation of the 1980 legislative mandate that all new public school entrants be screened for handicapping conditions or giftedness and that children scoring below specified scores on third and eighth grade statewide standardized…