1. TYPES OF ACCELERATION DIMENSIONS AND ISSUES

2. ACCELERATION PRESSY (1949) DESCRIBES ACCELERATION AS: “PROGRESS THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AT RATES FASTER OR AT AGES YOUNGER THAN CONVENTIONAL” SOUTHERN, JONES AND STANLEY (1993) IDENTIFIED 17 EDUCATIONAL TYPES OF ACCELERATION

3. EARLY ADMISSION EARLY ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN EARLY ADMISSION TO 1 ST GRADE SKIPPING KINDERGARTEN ACCELERATING THROUGH KINDERGARTEN INTO FIRST GRADE

4. GRADE SKIPPING GIVING GRADE PLACEMENT AHEAD OF CHRONOLOGICAL AGE

5. CONTINUOUS PROGRESS GIVEN CONTENT PROGRESSIVELY AS PRIOR CONTENT IS COMPLETED OR MASTERED

6. SELF-PACED INSTRUCTION MOVES THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AT THE STUDENTS OWN PACE SUB TYPE OF CONTINUOUS PROGRESS STUDENT HAS CONTROL OVER ALL PACING DECISIONS

7. SUBJECT-MATTER ACCELERATION/PARTIAL ACCELERATION ALLOWS STUDENT TO BE PLACED IN CLASSES WITH OLDER PEERS OR USING HIGHER LEVEL CURRICULAR OR STUDY MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM

8. COMBINED CLASSES YOUNGER STUDENTS INTERACT ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY WITH OLDER STUDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT LATER

9. CURRICULUM COMPACTING REDUCED AMOUNTS OF INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES FEWER INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES TIME GAINED USED FOR MORE ADVANCED CONTENT

10. TELESCOPING CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION IN LESS TIME THAN NORMAL ALWAYS LEADS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT

11. MENTORING STUDENT IS PAIRED WITH A MENTOR OR EXPERT TUTOR FOR MORE ADVANCED OR MORE RAPID PACING OF INSTRUCTION

12. EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS STUDENTS ELECT TO ENROLL IN COURSEWORK OR AFTER SCHOOL OR SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR ADVANCED INSTRUCTION

13. CORRESPONDENCE COURSES STUDENT ENROLLS IN COURSEWORK DELIVERED OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SCHOOL INSTRUCTION ONLINE COURSES—MOOCS, ITUNES U, ETC

14. EARLY GRADUATION GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 3 ½ YEARS OR LESS

15. CONCURRENT/DUAL ENROLLMENT TAKING A COURSE AT ONE LEVEL AND RECEIVING CREDIT FOR A PARALLEL COURSE AT A HIGHER LEVEL ALGEBRA AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, DUAL CREDIT COURSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

16. ADVANCED PLACEMENT TAKES COURSE THAT WILL CONFER COLLEGE CREDIT UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A STANDARDIZED EXAMINATION

17. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION STUDENT GETS ADVANCED STANDING CREDIT BY TAKING A STANDARDIZED EXAM

18. ACCELERATION IN COLLEGE RESULT OF DUAL ENROLLMENT, ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND CREDIT BY EXAMINATION AT LEAST ONE YEAR AHEAD OF NORMAL

19. EARLY ENTRANCE INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, OR COLLEGE STUDENT COMPLETES TWO OR MORE MAJORS IN A TOTAL OF FOUR YEARS AND/OR EARNS AN ADVANCED DEGREE ALONG WITH OR IN LIEU OF A BACHELORS DEGREE

20. PACING DEFINES ACCELERATION

21. SALIENCE ACCELERATIVE OPTIONS VARY BY THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY ARE NOTICEABLE TO OTHERS, PARTICULARLY PEERS SALIENCE OFTEN COMES INTO CONFLICT WITH VALUES ISSUES SUCH AS ELITISM AND EGALITARIANISM GRADE SKIPPING—VERY SALIENT, AP COURSES—LESS SO

22. PEERS SOCIAL SEPARATION FROM PEERS IS GREATEST CONCERN LACK OF RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THIS VARYING DEGREES OF SEPARATION WITH ACCELERATION OPTIONS EXTREMELY HIGH SCORES FOR ENTRY RECOMMENDED FOR RADICAL ACCELERATIONS

23. ACCESS NUMBER AND LIMITATIONS OF TEACHERS LIMIT ACCESS RURAL SCHOOLS HAVE LESS ACCESS DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS

24. TIMING COMPLICATIONS CAN ARISE WITH THE AGE AT WHICH STUDENTS ARE OFFERED ACCELERATED OPTIONS GRADE ADVANCEMENTS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATURAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND CURRICULUM BREAKS

25. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ACCELERATION CAN RESULT IN LATER GRADES NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES OR CLASSES TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE INSTRUCTION LACK OF PLANNING--STUDENT TAKES A DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE WHEN THEY QUALIFIED FOR A HIGHER LEVEL COURSE ALLOWING FOR GREATER ACADEMIC STANDING

26. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ACCELERATED STUDENTS NEED ADVISORS WHO CAN NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRACIES OF UNIVERSITIES

27. PACING AND CURRICULUM DECISIONS TEACHERS NEED TO SELECT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO BE PRETESTED AND MONITORED IDENTIFYING IF THE STUDENT HAS ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE ON MUST GUARANTEE THE MASTERY OF THE CONTENT STUDENT-PACED LEARNING MUST BE MONITORED CLOSELY

28. INTERACTION WITH BUREAUCRATIC ENTITIES MUST FOLLOW RULES AND LAWS WHEN ACCELERATING CAN’T ADMIT STUDENTS YOUNGER THAN 4 1/2 YEARS OLD ACCELERATION CAN CAUSE LOSS OF ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY ACCELERATED STUDENTS MAY REQUIRE ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION BEYOND WHAT WAS FORMERLY PROVIDED