1. Meeting the Needs of the Individual A Guide to Compacting

2. www.gifted.uconn.edu The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented

6. Why Compact? Students already know much of the content before "learning it.” Compacting guarantees educational accountability. Reis, S.M., Burns, D. E., & Renzulli, J. S. (1992). Curriculum Compacting: The complete guide to modifying the curriculum for high ability students. Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.

12. How to Compact S tep One: Identify the objectives in a given subject area.

14. How to Compact S tep Two: Find or create appropriate pre-tests.

16. How to Compact S tep Three: Identify students who should be pre-tested.

18. How to Compact S tep Four: Pre-test students to determine their mastery level of the chosen subjects.

20. How to Compact S tep Five: Eliminate instructional time for students who show mastery of the objectives.

22. How to Compact S tep Six: Streamline instruction of those objectives students have not yet mastered but are capable of mastering more quickly than their classmates.

25. How to Compact S tep Seven: Offer challenging alternatives for time provided by compacting.

27. How to Compact S tep Eight: Keep records of this process and the instructional options available to compacted students.