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Source: Assouline, S. G., Assouline, S. G., Colangelo, N., & M., G. M. U. (2015). A nation empowered: Evidence trumps the excuses holding back America's brightest students. Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, University of Iowa.

There are several different types of acceleration available to students who are already performing above grade-level expectations. These include, but are not limited to: Early admission to Kindergarten or First Grade, grade skipping, self-paced instruction, content-based acceleration, curriculum compacting and telescoping curriculum.

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There are several reasons to implement accelerated learning for students who qualify. The first being that federal educational policies are built upon age-based grade level. So students are boxed into learning at a certain level based on their age, rather than their ability. This can leave many gifted and talented students bored in class and wastes teacher resources.
Source: Stop wasting money teaching millions of students content they already know. (n.d.). The Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://fordhaminstitute.org/ohio/commentary/stop-wasting-money-teaching-millions-students-content-they-already-know

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Early admission to Kindergarten offers accelerated learning for preschool children who exhibit school readiness and advanced skills.

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If a student already has mastery of the skills being taught in his or her grade, it would be beneficial to allow them to advance to the next grade in order to provide more challenging content and learning opportunities.

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Self-Paced instruction allows students to work at their own pace, for gifted students that pace is typically faster than their peers.

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Content Based Acceleration provides students with advanced content while remaining with their same aged peers.

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Curriculum compacting allows teachers to make adjustments to the curriculum for students who already have mastery.

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Telescoping curriculum is when a student is able to advance through more than a year of curriculum during the school year.

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This policy statement from Montgomery County Public Schools states that accelerated programming will be available to all students who qualify and lists the types of acceleration offered as advanced placement, curriculum compacting, telescoping curriculum, and concurrent programming.

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Two studies found a link between accelerated learning and income earning. These studies suggest that accelerated learning can have benefits that reach far beyond school years as students who participated in accelerated learning were found to ear more money in adulthood compared to children who did not participate in accelerated learning.

Source: Recent studies look at the potential benefits of full-grade acceleration | National Association for Gifted Children. (n.d.). Www.nagc.org. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from http://www.nagc.org/blog/recent-studies-look-potential-benefits-full-grade-acceleration

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