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Gifted Education

By Beth Lewis, About.com

Definition: Gifted Education refers to specialized educational strategies geared to meet the needs of students who have performed higher than average on certain standardized tests.

These specialized strategies can often take the form of designing more aggressive learning objectives, tracking into more advanced classes, and/or offering increased opportunities for educational enrichment.

Also Known As: GATE (Gifted and Talented Program)

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