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The Talent Profile is a cumulative record that describes and visually synthesizes a student's outstanding achievements from K-12 in any valued field of human activity in which children and adolescents are active, whether at school, at home, or in the community. This system provides a method of communication and translation between disciplines (e.g., academics, arts, athletics) that serves multiple educational purposes as it honors individual development in areas of expertise. Individual differences are highlighted that begin to map aptitudes and achievements in multiple domains and offer a range of five levels of expectations/benchmarks for the high-end learner. Record keeping of the development of expertise in talent domains will also inform future research currently devoid of longitudinal, biographical data.

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A Talent Profile for Facilitating Talent Development in Schools

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