"Challenge classes" for secondary students are described in the context of their five-year history in one school district and by comparison with traditional approaches to education of the gifted. The program encourages the learner to push beyond normal curriculum expectations. Content is determined by individual teachers and their students. (JW)

The Individualized Instruction Resource Program (IIRP) is a special program for underachieving freshmen and sophomores at Gordon Technical High School in Chicago. In operation since 1969, IIRP uses a coordinated curriculum, unique scheduling, and a practical, often individual approach, which has consistently increased the self-images of its…

Reviewed are research studies and their implications regarding mainstreaming educable mentally retarded (EMR) students. Discussed are studies dealing with topics such as the following: academic changes, learning potential status (stressing the need for individualization), emotional and social adjustment, locus of control (citing the difference…

Project goals of the Educational Diagnostic and Planning Center were to diagnose academic and behavioral difficulties in their early stages; to design, implement, and improve individualized programs for students with such difficulties; and to establish small halfway classes as a means of gradual reentry to the regular classroom. Further goals…