SP that the OP is talking about would be (jr. high) gifted and talented now, not special ed. I qualified for SPs (in the early 70s)...there were two types - the kind that did 7-9th grade work in two years, and one that was enriched but didn't condense 3 years into two. More @Wikipedia
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