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Peer reviewedKulik, James A.; Kulik, Chen-Lin C. – Educational Leadership, 1984
A meta-analysis of 26 studies shows that accelerated gifted students outperform students of the same age and ability who are not accelerated and achieve as well as equally gifted older students in the higher grades. Correlational studies suggest that accelerates are equally successful later in life. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Comparative Analysis
