Date of Award
12-2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Educational Leadership
Abstract
The purpose of this advocacy document, written in 2013, is to illustrate the need for a change in policy for gifted students in a suburban school district. The recommended policy change would allow academic acceleration in the form of whole-grade acceleration and/or subject-area acceleration for gifted students. This advocacy document includes a review of the literature related to acceleration and gifted students and an analysis of the educational, economic, social, political, moral, and ethical need for the policy change. Also included is a review of current practices in this district as well as the positive and negative aspects of acceleration. Implementation and assessment plans are also described.
Recommended Citation
Neylon, Kelly, "ACADEMIC ACCELERATION: A POLICY ADVOCACY DOCUMENT" (2013). Policy Advocacy. 2.
https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/pa/2
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