Flexible pacing includes any program in which students are taught material that is appropriately challenging for their ability and allows them to move forward in the curriculum as they master content and skills. For able or gifted learners, flexible pacing generally means some form of acceleration, accomplished by moving the student up to advanced content or by moving advanced content down to the student. The rate of progress can be varied in either direction. With flexible pacing all students can progress through school at a pace that provides a steady challenge without crippling frustration or unreasonable pressure.
Students receive appropriate instruction daily and move ahead as they master content and skills.
Two or more courses, usually scheduled for a semester each, are compacted into an abbreviated time. Advanced level course. Students are enrolled in courses normally taught at a higher grade level. Students move ahead 1 or more years, skipping levels in the normal sequence of promotion. Students enter elementary school, middle school, high school, or college earlier than the age usually prescribed.