Resources

In our efforts to inform and educate about acceleration, we offer a number of resources for your use. You can:

access an annotated bibliography of published work on acceleration;
download a free PowerPoint presentation;
learn about acceleration policies throughout the United States;
learn about current recommendations for acceleration policy and procedure;
read the answers to some frequently asked questions about acceleration;
obtain information on how to make decisions about acceleration using the Iowa Acceleration Scale (3rd ed.); and
in early November, you can access the free document Guidelines for Developing an Academic Acceleration Policy.

We hope you find these resources to be useful. If you have comments or suggestions about the content, email irpa@belinblank.org.

Acceleration Policy Guidelines
Guidelines for Developing an Academic Acceleration Policy, a document from IRPA, the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted was released at the 2009 NAGC conference. Guidelines is now available for download.

Nation Deceived
A Nation Deceived (Volume I) has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

Video Stories of Acceleration
Check out our Video Stories of Acceleration from students at the University of Iowa, then submit your own video story!

Acceleration Policy Guidelines