When abler students are moved ahead in school, they typically learn more in less time than students of the same age and ability who are taught at the conventional rate. Accelerated students score a full grade level or more higher on achievement tests than their conventionally placed schoolmates. Some may score several years ahead of their schoolmates. Acceleration does not damage students' attitudes about school subjects. Such students often become more sure about their occupational goals.
Accelerated students perform as well as talented but older students in the same grade.
Despite being younger, accelerated students are able to capitalize on their abilities and achieve beyond the level available to them had they remained in the lower grade. The Nature of Gifted- ness and the Education of the Gifted. Recent Research on the Talented. Teachers' College Record, Vol. The Education and Guidance of the Ablest.