When a test cannot distinguish the scores and learning of gifted students who tend to be high achievers.

Individuals who are capable of having high achievement academically despite other disabilities. These disabilities can include issues with their hearing, speech, or vision. They may also include emotional impairments, learning disabilities, and other health problems. A student needs to have only one of these issues to qualify as gifted disabled,

Another term for Perceptual IQ tests. Intelligence tests that measure perceptual skills (such as spatial skills) rather than verbal skills.

A technique that helps students (both gifted and other) probe their own emotions and beliefs.

A summer program for gifted teens supported by state funding.

The gap between the existing program for gifted education in a school or district and the desired program.

One of five aspects of a strong gifted program. The concept that students become more motivated and engaged in learning when they have the opportunity to choose their topic of study for a project and direct their learning and research.

The tendency of gifted children to be at a state of mental development beyond their age, physical development or other areas of development.

A name given to gifted children who participated in a 1925 longitudinal study by Lewis Terman.

A concept of gifted intelligence that visualizes giftedness with three rings: creativity, goal focus and above-average ability. The concept was developed by Joseph Renzulli.