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50 Years of ERIC
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Laying the Base for the Future: One Cornerstone of the Javits Act
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Renzulli, Joseph S.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Gubbins, E. Jean – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
The passage of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act in 1988 was truly a watershed moment in the field of gifted education. The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) represented one part of the overall agenda of research and services supported by the Javits Act. How the Javits Act came to be and the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Academically Gifted, Educational History
Contributions to the Impact of the Javits Act by the National Research Center on the Gifted and the Talented
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Gubbins, E. Jean; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Renzulli, Joseph S. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
One component of the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act was provision for research on a national scale. In response, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) was created to design and implement a research portfolio. Based on emphasis in the Javits Act on underrepresented populations, on issues of…
Descriptors: Gifted, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Research and Development Centers
An Investigation of the Reliability and Factor Structure of Four New Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students
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Renzulli, Joseph S.; Siegle, Del; Reis, Sally M.; Gavin, M. Katherine; Sytsma Reed, Rachael E. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2009
Teacher rating scales have been used widely throughout the United States as part of a comprehensive plan for identifying potentially gifted and talented students. The Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics for Superior Students (SRBCSS) are among the most frequently used teacher rating scales to assess the characteristics of and nominate…
Descriptors: Gifted, Teacher Evaluation, Talent, Factor Structure