The Lighthouse Program, a nationally recognized program for gifted students in Racine, Wisconsin, was originally funded as an innovative program through Title III in 1973. At that time, the program personnel began a longitudinal study of the program and its unique features of cluster grouping and quota identification systems. These are described along with preliminary follow up data.
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