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Jolly, Jennifer L. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
The "Marland" Report was the impetus and structure to provide a more systematic approach to building state and regional gifted programs. One of the strategies used to proliferate the spread of programming for gifted students throughout the states was the National/State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and Talented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Organizational Objectives, Talent Development, Leadership Training
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Nissen, Myra H. – National Elementary Principal, 1972
Identifying and describing a variety of educational approaches to the gifted currently in practice on the elementary school level. (RA)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Programs, Elementary Education, Gifted
Bryan, J. Ned, Ed. – 1963
The development of provisions for gifted and talented students at the state level was the subject of a conference attended by State directors of programs for the gifted. Presented in the report are conference addresses on quality in education, the differentiated educational process, the role and responsibility of the State department of education…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted
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Passow, A. Harry; Rudnitski, Rose A. – Roeper Review, 1994
This paper describes two Department of Education reports on gifted education--1972's Marland Report and 1993's "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent." It relates report findings to findings from a survey of states' policies. The paper calls for states to design programs that nurture talent potential of all students…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
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Landrum, Mary S.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; DeWaard, Jan – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1998
A study examined state legislative and policy provisions for gifted students and state efforts to address the seven initiatives outlined in U.S. Department of Education's "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent." Findings indicate some progress in teacher preparation, enhanced curricular standards, and efforts to match world…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Moon, Tonya R.; Brighton, Catherine M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – 2002
Since the minimum competency movement of the 1970s, the importance placed on standardized tests has increased significantly. The intent of this study was to investigate the effects of state testing programs on the instructional practices of elementary school teachers and the effects of such practices on their gifted students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Plowman, Paul D., Comp.; Rice, Joseph P., Comp. – 1967
A compilation of presentations on programs for the gifted includes the following: increasing opportunities for education, notes on Project Talent, talent development and national goals, talent identification in California, problems and recommendations in the area of the talented, innovations in talent development, issues and problems in modern…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Audiovisual Aids, Community Resources