The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)  functions as a centralized bibliographic database of journal articles and other published and unpublished education materials. There is a great deal of material on gifted education. See their website at: http://eric.ed.gov

For local information see UWSP's Network for Gifted Education at
http://www.uwsp.edu/education/AP/GTNetwork.asp. The "Messages from Dr. Gould" sections are particularly helpful.

• Berger, Sandra. "Myths and Truths" Adapted from College Planning for Gifted Students, 2nd edition. ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education"
   

• G/T Services offered at better school districts - how does your school district compare?
   

• Comparisons with Surrounding States - a summary table related to students served, GT students as a percent of population, etc.
   

• Wisconsin Council on Children & Families' Brain Curriculum TRS #11: Lesson 6: Critical Windows Chart.

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• Barrington, Byron L. “Gifted and Talented Program Requirements” University of Wisconsin – Marathon County
   

• Gentry, Marcia Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rizza, Mary G. Ball State University: Own, Steven V. University of Texas Medical Branch Examining Perceptions of Challenge and Choice in Classrooms: The Relationship Between Teachers and Their Students and Comparisons Between Gifted Students and Other Students.  pp 145-155 in Gifted Child Quarterly, Spring 2002, Vol 46 No.2
   

• Kenny, D. A., Archambault, F. X., Jr., & Hallmark, B. W. (1995). The effects of group composition on gifted and non-gifted elementary students in cooperative learning groups (Research Monograph 95116). Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.
   

• Kreger Silverman, Linda (1992)  “Scapegoating the Gifted  (Part III)”  In WCGT Newsletter, September, 1992, Volume 18, Number 8
   

• Purcell, Jeanne H. Connecticut Department of Education; Burns, Deborah E. University of Connecticut
  Tomlinson, Carol Ann University of Virginia; Imbeau, Marcia B. University of Arkansas; Martin, Judith L. San Antonio School District “Bridging the Gap: A Tool and Technique to Analyze and Evaluate Gifted Education and Curricular Units" -pp. 306-321 in Gifted Child Quarterly, Fall 2002 vol. 46 no 4
   

• Reis, Sally M. (1994) “How Schools are Shortchanging the Gifted” In Technology Review, April 1994
   

• Reis, Sally. M., Westberg, Karen. L., Kulikowich, Jonna, Caillard, Florence, Hébert, Thomas, Plucker, Jonathan, Purcell, Jeanne H., Rogers, John B., & Smist, Julianne M. (1993). Why not let high ability students start school in January? The curriculum compacting study (Research Monograph 93106). Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.
   

• Ronvik, Richard W. (1993) “Re-examining the Foundations of Giftedness” In Understanding our Gifted, July-August, 1993, Volume 5, Issue 6
   

• Tolan,  Stephanie “An Open Letter to Parent, Teachers, and Other:  From Parents of an Exceptionally Gifted Child”
   

• Westberg, Karen. L., Archambault, Francis. X., Jr., Dobyns, Sally. M., & Salvin, Thomas J. (1993). An observational study of instructional and curricular practices used with gifted and talented students in regular classrooms (Research Monograph 93104). Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.