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Peer reviewedReis, Sally M.; Renzulli, Joseph S. – Educational Leadership, 1992
A major problem facing schools is lack of curricular differentiation and academic challenge for the most academically able students. Also, contemporary textbooks have been "dumbed down." Curriculum compacting is a flexible, research-based technique enabling high-ability students to skip work they already know and substitute more…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, High Achievement
