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Product Description: The IAS is used all 50 states, Australia, and Canada. Feedback from four years of nationwide use has resulted in a 2nd Edition of this unique, systematic, and objective guide to considering and implementing academic acceleration. Developed and tested by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, the IAS ensures that acceleration decisions are systematic, thoughtful, well reasoned, and defensible...read more

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Product Description: Making decisions regarding whole-grade acceleration can be challenging. The Iowa Acceleration Scale, developed and tested by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, provides a systematic and thorough approach to considering and implementing academic acceleration for gifted and talented students in grades K-8...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Presents the latest research and theory on talent development from over 40 prominent researchers, all of whom presented at the 1993 national symposium at the University of Iowa. Features: 42 researchers present various theory and research...read more