This newsletter focuses on six Year 1 research projects associated with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT). The updates address: "Regular Classroom Practices With Gifted Students: Findings from the Classroom Practices Survey" (Francis X. Archambault, Jr. and others); "The Classroom Practices Study: Observational Findings" (Karen L. Westberg and others); "The Curriculum Compacting Study" (Sally M. Reis); "Investigations into Instruments and Designs Used in the Identification of Gifted Students and the Evaluation of Gifted Programs" (Carolyn M. Callahan and Paula Pizzat); The Learning Outcomes Study" (Marcia A. B. Delcourt and Lori Bland); and "A Theory-Based Approach to Identification, Teaching, and Evaluation of Gifted" (Robert J. Sternberg and Pamela R. Clinkenbeard). Additional commentaries consider the impact of parents on gifted adolescents (Julie L. Sherman) and academic summer camp for gifted minority students (Richard Chandler). (MDM)