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Acceleration is effectively a cost-free intervention.

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71% of accelerated students reported satisfaction with their acceleration experience. Those that responded that they were not satisfied stated they needed more acceleration.

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Acceleration allows for gifted students to work through academic subjects faster, allowing students to skip grades and instruction, so they can learn at a level that works for them.

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Enrichment programs are typically offered to gifted students without them skipping grades.

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Here is a useful list of categories concerning enrichment programs:

Maximum achievement in basic skills, based on needs, not age

 Content and resources beyond the prescribed curriculum

 Exposure to a variety of fields of study

 Student‐selected content, including in‐depth studies

 High content complexity‐ theories, generalizations, applications

 Creative thinking and problem solving

 Higher‐level thinking skills, critical thinking, library and research skills

 Affective development, including self‐understanding and ethical development

 Development of academic motivation, self‐direction, and high career aspirations

 Development of computer skills

Wu, E. H. (2013). Enrichment and Acceleration: Best Practice for the Gifted and Talented. Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 27(2), 2–8.

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When a student takes AP level courses they are saving their family the cost of college credits.

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Research on acceleration has demonstrated multiple academic benefits to students and suggests that acceleration does not harm students social-emotional needs.

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Acceleration. Acceleration | National Association for Gifted Children. (2018). Retrieved November 2021, from https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/gifted-education-practices/acceleration.