ABSTRACT
President Nixon nominated Sidney Marland Jr. in the fall of 1970 as James E. Allen's replacement. Marland also recognized the needs of advanced and gifted learners, offering acceleration, enrichment, and ability grouping in Winnetka schools. Marland also systematized students' cumulative folders so that successive teachers would be aware of students' learning needs. Marland's subsequent position as superintendent of schools was markedly different from his previous two positions, but it was this position that would bring him to the attention of Washington, DC policy makers. Marland inherited the task of assembling the Section 806 report upon Allen's dismissal. The Marland Report could have easily been the Allen Report. The Marland Report also exposed a lack of existing services for gifted children and the majority of prevailing services extended to a very restricted segment of the gifted population that routinely excluded underserved populations. The level of service was considered as an indicator of priority given to gifted children.
