''A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students'' is a follow-up to the 2004 report '' A Nation Deceived''. ''A Nation Empowered'' is a national, research-based report on utilizing academic acceleration for advanced learners published by the Belin-Blank Center at the

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. This report supplies the evidence that no other educational intervention works as well as acceleration for gifted students. It provides parents, educators, administrators, and

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with the research on acceleration and the tools to advocate for their brightest students.

This report includes two volumes. Volume I presents the research in

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's terms, and includes profiles of students and families who have benefited from

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. Volume II contains the research itself, with chapters by many top gifted education scholars. Topics covered in the report include: *Forms of acceleration *Academic and social/emotional effects of acceleration *Talent Search *STEM acceleration *Acceleration with twice-exceptional students *International perspectives

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