NAGC 58th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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Academic acceleration: Resources for identification, policy, and advocacy
Track
:
Parent-Community
Program Code:
VC-16
Date:
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Time:
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
EST
Room:
Napoleon
CO-PRESENTER
(S):
Susan Assouline, Professor and Associate Director, Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education
Nick Colangelo, Professor, University of Iowa
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Susan Assouline, Professor and Associate Director, Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education
Nick Colangelo, Professor, University of Iowa
Maureen Marron, Associate Research Scientist, University of Iowa
PRESENTER
:
Maureen Marron, Associate Research Scientist, University of Iowa
Description
Academic acceleration is an educational intervention that tailors the complexity and pace of the educational curriculum to an individual student’s rate of learning. Despite the effectiveness of acceleration in providing appropriate academic challenge, some schools are reluctant to accelerate students. Attendees receive suggestions for discussing acceleration as an option, and learn about strategies and resources to use when advocating for changes to grade-based and content-based acceleration polices and practice at their school. Advocacy tips are rooted in the recommendations of the NAGC Advocacy Toolkit but adapted specifically for acceleration.
No items are available for this session.
