Standards and Standards Plus: A Good Idea or a New Cage?

Joseph S. Renzulli

At the 1999 annual meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, I was part of a panel that dealt with issues the field should consider as we approach the new millennium. One of the topics with which I dealt had to do with how gifted education should address the current concern about the new standards movement that is sweeping like a tidal wave over general education. My thoughts on this topic are discussed in this brief reflection on the standards movement, and other thoughts on gifted education in the new millennium will be presented in another article currently being developed.

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