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The purpose of the Acceleration Institute website is to inform policymakers and administrators, educators, parents, and researchers of the research and best practices concerning academic acceleration. Our discussions of academic acceleration include grade skipping, early entrance to kindergarten or college, moving ahead in just one subject, and other different ways of moving a student ahead to more challenging coursework.
If you're new to the topic of academic acceleration, this is a good place to start. Here are some highlights of the website that you should investigate:
A quick overview of acceleration for policymakers
Information about state policies.
Questions and Answers section
Summary of the research on acceleration: A Nation Deceived. Free download. Update to this research in A Nation Empowered. Volume 1 summarizes the research for the busy administrator.
Just released: A Nation Empowered: an update to A Nation Deceived.
PowerPoint presentation that gives an overview of acceleration (suitable for presenting to educators or parents). Free download.
Guidelines for developing an acceleration policy
Resources for making decisions about academic acceleration:
Additional resources for making decisions about acceleration are listed in the website menu (Math acceleration books, Early Entrance to College, annotated bibliography, The Iowa AP Index, etc.)
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