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The present study aimed at identifying the quality level of the educational services provided for the gifted students enrolled at Jubilee School and King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence. It aimed to identify that from the perspective of the gifted students, and their parents and teachers. It also aimed to provide a proposed model for improving these services in accordance with the standards of the American Association for Gifted Children. The quality of the educational services was assessed based on three standards; a)-learning and growth, b)-the learning environments and c)-the programing standards. The researcher of the present study selected a sample. It consists from (220) 11th and 12th grade students who are enrolled at Jubilee School and King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence. It also consists from (220) parents and (10) teachers who teach gifted students. The researcher adopted a descriptive analytical approach to conduct the present study. She also adopted a qualitative approach. The researcher developed a questionnaire for identifying the quality level of the educational services provided for gifted students. There are two types of forms. The first one is for gifted students and the second one is for parents. The researcher conducted interviews with the teachers of the gifted children. That was done in accordance with the standards of the American Association for Gifted Children. Arithmetic means, and standard deviations were calculated. The t-test and two way analysis of variance were conducted. It was found that the quality level of the educational services provided for gifted students is high from the perspective of those students and their parents. It was found that there aren’t statistically significant differences between the respondents’ attitudes towards the service quality level which can be attributed to gender. The latter result applies to the overall means and to the mean of each standard. It was found that there are statistically significant differences between respondents’ attitudes towards the service quality level which can be attributed to school type in all the standards. The latter differences are for the favor of the Jubilee School. It was found that the service quality of the educational services of King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence in Madaba is better than the counterpart quality of King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence in Salt. The latter result applies to the overall. (Author’s abstract)