Presented at the Educational Testing Service's Invitational Conference on Measurement and Educational Policy in 1978, the paper discusses some critical measurement issues that influence the future course of education for the gifted. The current status of gifted education is reviewed, and the gifted population is defined as those with demonstrated…

A study was made to validate the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS--a means of classifying, organizing, storing, and retrieving curriculum materials in terms of human characteristics) as a practical and feasible means of identifying gifted/talented (GT) students. Sixty elementary teachers, both from districts with and without…

The booklet is designed to provide professional and lay personnel with guidelines for designing and developing programs and services for gifted and talented students in Connecticut. Author contributed chapters address programing, identification, and evaluation. Entries include the following titles and authors "What Makes Giftedness?…

The second of three documents on Project SEARCH (Search for Exceptional Abilities Reachable among Children with Handicaps) describes the development of a systematic procedure for assessing the gifts and/or creative talent potential of handicapped students. It is explained that of 278 special education students evaluated by an adaptation of the…

The report (in working draft form) of the Connecticut Task Force on Identification of the Gifted and Talented discusses general systems and instruments of identification, identifying the academically gifted, identifying the disadvantaged gifted, and identifying special types of giftedness. Excerpts from Connecticut State Department of Eduation…

This paper describes the characteristics of a gifted and/or talented child, and the programs and activities available in New York State for such children. (Author/AM)

Suggestions are provided on how to identify the preschool gifted-talented-creative (GTC) child, how parents explain away giftedness, how parents can retrospectively understand themselves as GTC, how to deal with problem behavior and the effects of divided parental authority, and how to bring out the best in each child. (JDD)

A review of research (particularly that conducted by N. Meier, T. Munro, and B. Lark-Horovitz et al.) about the nature of giftedness in the visual arts and focusing on creativity, imagination, aesthetic judgment, and perceptual ability, provides a basis for examining current assumptions and practices and a foundation for future research. (CB)

Focusing on the expectations of schools, teachers, parents, peers, and society for the gifted and talented, the author proposes curriculum design, gives guidelines for parent-teacher conferences, outlines the benefits of peer instruction, and suggests ways that parents and society can identify talented students and enrich their education. (SK)

This literature review reveals that gifted and talented students, especially females, are frequently denied access to vocational education. Little attention has also been directed to the needs and performance of the gifted in vocational education. (SK)

The article presents six classroom activities designed to foster the cognitive and affective growth of gifted, creative, and talented primary grade students. (DLS)

Gifted students are not receiving the kind of education they need and deserve. In overlooking the needs of such students, our schools are allowing a great natural resource to go to waste. (Editor/RK)

Very little is known about the extent or depth of musical and artistic abilities of children in Britain. Attempts to find out why some children were outstandingly successful in music or art as compared with their peers, and to examine the unique problems implied in the identification and prediction of these specific attitudes. (Author/RK)

Describes the Eureka cross-cultural model that is designed to assist in identification of hidden potential in the visual arts and sciences through the process of enrichment among elementary children from different socioeconomic or cultural backgrounds in Israel. Positive findings from a longitudinal study of the program are discussed. (CR)

Explores the multifaceted nature of giftedness and describes the Total Talent Portfolio (TTP), a framework for talent development of gifted students that requires giving equal attention to interests and learning styles as well as to cognitive abilities. Explains the major dimensions of the TTP. (CR)