Curriculum compacting is one way to meet the needs of gifted students in the regular classroom.
The process also assists teachers with accountability by documenting student proficiency on instructional objectives and listing specifically what enrichment activities are offered in place of repetitive classwork. The process of compacting includes three phases - defining goals and outcomes, identifying candidates for compacting, and providing acceleration and enrichment options. First of all, goals and outcomes of the given unit of instruction should be defined. Determine which of the tasks are new material as opposed to review of old material from past units. Teachers need to be able to make individual programming decisions.