Abstract
This chapter aims to describe the most prominent priorities, objectives, and policies that drive gifted education in Saudi Arabia. It also provides a variety of concrete examples that demonstrate the increasing attention to gifted education in Saudi Arabia. A related goal of this chapter is to show the overall research efforts in developing measurement tools standardized to all ages and the outcomes of research evaluation of some of the programs adopted by Saudi Arabia in the recent years. Saudi Arabia has shown great interest in gifted education, conducted many programs for different age groups, and established a variety of gifted education institutions. However, even though many programs have been developed for this purpose, not enough effort has been put into developing policies and regulations that can help sustain these programs and drive all efforts toward a clear vision of gifted education. In addition, there is a need to provide good educational programs and services, including curriculum differentiation strategies within public schools, to serve all gifted students across settings. Finally, there is a need for programs promoting long-term excellence instead of having only traditional gifted programs.