Talent Identification Program - Definition

The Talent Identification Program (TIP) is a gifted education program based at Duke University.

The purpose of TIP is to identify gifted children and help them to fully reach their potential. Children are identified in 4th/5th grade or in 7th grade. In the 7th grade search, students take the SAT or ACT. TIP operates in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

TIP also runs several summer and weekend residential programs for the students.

It was founded by Dr. William Bevan in 1980.

See also

• Center for Talent Development, Northwestern University
• Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University
• Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars, University of Washington
• Rocky Mountain Talent Search, University of Denver

External link

• Duke TIP website (http://www.tip.duke.edu/)
• About Duke TIP (http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/AboutTIP.htm)