Gifted Education

Above-level testing assesses gifted students using tests designed for older students, revealing their true academic abilities when grade-level tests hit a ceiling.

Radical acceleration refers to advancing a student three or more years beyond typical age-peers, often resulting in early college entry. Research consistently shows positive academic and social-emotional outcomes for appropriately selected students, and homeschooling provides unique flexibility for this approach.

Subject acceleration allows students to advance in specific academic areas where they demonstrate exceptional ability while remaining with same-age peers for other subjects, such as a fourth grader taking fifth-grade math but staying in grade-level language arts.

Talent search programs are academic identification and enrichment initiatives that use above-grade-level testing to discover intellectually gifted students and connect them with advanced educational opportunities not typically available in regular school settings.