3 Keys to Meeting the Needs of High-Ability Learners
C
enter for Talent Development (CTD) exists to help young people with exceptional academic potential and demonstrated talent reach their full
potential. CTD’s unique Pathways approach to talent development gives students opportunities to identify their academic strengths and interests, explore potential career trajectories over time, develop critical knowledge and skills, and monitor their progress.
CTD offers over
unique courses each year
500 ASSESSMENT
Understanding each child’s academic potential and current level of achievement is an important first step in the talent development process. Grade-level tests given in schools typically do not measure knowledge and skills beyond the current grade, and most high- ability students are already above grade-level. CTD solves this problem by using assessments designed for older students, which measure college and career readiness and, when given to younger students, measure academic ability and potential.
Through CTD’s assessment program, Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS), students in grades 3 through 6 take the PSAT™
and 9, and students in grades 6 through 9 take the SAT® the tests high school juniors and seniors take for college entrance.
8/9, typically administered in grades 8 or ACT®
, ADVANCED ENRICHMENT
Advanced Enrichment courses give students the opportunity to focus on specific areas of study. Students delve into topics and fields not typically a part of the core curriculum at school. These courses place emphasis on higher-order thinking, facilitate creative thinking, and provide early exposure to advanced concepts in developmentally appropriate ways. Classrooms are student-driven, hands-on, exploratory, and interactive. These courses complement school-based curriculum by extending student learning to real-world problems and providing students with insight into emerging careers.
ACCELERATION
Acceleration courses give middle and high school students opportunities to accelerate academically by accessing curriculum more commonly used with older students. Students in these courses can advance at a pace more in sync with how quickly they learn, allowing them to learn more, feel more engaged in class, maintain motivation, and develop healthy learning habits. CTD offers a wide variety of Acceleration courses through our Online Core Essentials courses (Grades 4-8), Online Honors and Honors Elective courses (Grades 9-12 and middle school students on an accelerated basis), and Online AP®
courses (Grades 9-12).
405 high school students have taken at least one AP® course with CTD in the last two years
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