The report presents findings from a study of gifted programs in six elementary schools in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In each school, the principal, vice principal, school counselor and many teachers were interviewed. A questionnaire was developed and administered to examine degree of agreement with views ordinarily expressed by experts in gifted education. The two statements for which there was the highest degree of consensus were: (1) for gifted programs to be successful there must be adequate curricular resources and professionals' time; and (2) insofar as possible, gifted pupils should remain in their regular classrooms. The least consensus was found for the existence of a structured gifted program or curriculum in respondents' schools and for requiring that gifted pupils do all of the regular classroom work in addition to the special programs. Evaluation findings center on program goals and objectives; selection procedures; nature of provisions for the gifted; products; satifaction expressed by teachers, students, and parents; and program continuity. Appended are a review of evaluation models and a proposal for increasing service to gifted and talented students in the school district. (CL)