This document consists of the five issues of the journal issued during 1992. Articles focus on the following major topics in gifted and talented education (GATE): (1) grouping and tracking; (2) cultural diversity; (3) educational reform and cooperative learning; (4) gifted girls; and (5) young gifted children. Major articles include the following: "The Relationship of Grouping Practices to the Education of the Gifted and Talented Learner: Executive Summary" (Karen B. Rogers); "Ability Grouping Research Reviews: What Do They Say about Grouping and the Gifted?" (Susan D. Allan); "The Effects of Grouping on Gifted Students" (Barbara Clark); the National Association for Gifted Children's Policy Statement on Grouping; "Cultural Diversity in Gifted Education: A Better Chance at Succeeding" (Elinor Smith and Rosa Perez); "Around and Through Test Scores: Discovering the Gifted Hispanic Student" (Carol Kaylor); "Serving the Culturally Diverse" (Anne Bensen); position statements of the California Association for the Gifted in glossary form; "Yo Puedo: Program for Gifted Migrant Students" (Nancy Leon); "GATE: Blueprint for Educational Reform" (Valerie Terry Seaberg); "Cooperative Learning and the Academically Talented Student" (Ann Robinson); "Scapegoating the Gifted" (Linda Kreger Silverman); "Optimizing the Future for Gifted and Talented Students from Underrepresented Populations" (Deborah K. Bellflower); "How Schools Shortchange Girls: Implications for Parents and Educators of Gifted Girls" (Carolyn M. Callahan); "What It Means To Be Gifted and a Woman" (Debra Russell and Nina Alexander); "Factors Affecting the Achievement of Culturally Diverse Gifted Women" (Margie Kitano and Carol Perkins); "Living Out the Promise of High Potential: Perceptions of 100 Gifted Women" (Kathleen D. Noble); "Reverse That Pendulum: Protecting Your GATE Program in Perilous Times" (Ann Lord); "The Development of Giftedness" (Barbara Clark); "These Are Pioneering Times in Early Childhood Gifted Education" (Joan Franklin Smutny); "A Learning Center Approach to Providing a Differentiated Curriculum to Primary Students" (Sandra Kaplan); "Early Childhood Education for the Gifted: The Need for Intense Study and Observation" (Maurice D. Fisher); "Nurturing Giftedness in Young Children" (Wendy C. Roedell); and "An Analysis of the Research on Ability Grouping: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives..Executive Summary" (James A. Kulik). (DB)