"The Search for giftedness is to find children in our schools who 'because of their learning exceptionalities that affect their ability to acquire and process information' are ill-served by the regular grade level curriculum ."(Borland)

Intellectual Ability- a general concept of mental ability, often summed up as the ability to learn from experience

Behavior and Characteristics- a list of non-academic traits with a rating scale used by teachers, parents, or other adults to identify giftedness

Demonstrated Performance- samples of work in area of giftedness

Achievement- accomplishment of performance - the realization of potential