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CTD helps schools understand and use data to inform instruction, measure growth for advanced learners, and plan for programming.
Learn more about assessment options
Practical, timely topics to help teachers and administrators effectively identify and meet the needs of gifted students.
Re-imagine your gifted education services using our talent development framework
Bring CTD’s curriculum, programming, and professional development to your classroom!
At Center for Talent Development (CTD), we believe the best educators don’t just teach; they inspire young people to think big, take risks and believe in themselves.
Understanding a student’s academic potential and current level of achievement is an important step in choosing the best course.
If you have selected a program and course, start your application.
Invest in a conversation with an expert from CTD about understanding your child's abilities and planning for talent development.
Giftedness is not a state of being. It’s a process—a journey—that involves developing potential into achievement.
CTD provides resources for parents to nurture their child's talent at home and outside the classroom.
Searchable, user-friendly directory of programs and opportunities available to students for the development of their academic talent.
CTD offers a variety of workshops and webinars for parents and families
Enrichment and credit-bearing, accelerated programs designed for students at every age and stage of talent development.
A guide to understanding abilities, finding strengths, and charting a talent development pathway
Need-based financial aid is available to qualified students for most CTD programs and assessments.
CTD has several scholarship options and collaborates with the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Before enrolling, please review our withdrawal and refund policies.
If you have a question or need assistance, please contact us. You may submit the form below or email us anytime at ctd@northwestern.edu. If you are completing this form, please do not send duplicate requests to other CTD emails. Thank you!
For program-specific contact information, see Contact Information by Program to the right.
Center for Talent Development
617 Dartmouth Place
Evanston, IL 60208
p: 847/491-3782
ctd-admissions@northwestern.edu
p: 847/467-1575
MAP, CogAT, KTEA Grade-Level Testing
ctd-testing@northwestern.edu
Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS)
numats@northwestern.edu
p: 847/491-3782 ext. 2
tammie-stewart@northwestern.edu
p: 847/491-7127
cep@northwestern.edu
p: 847/467-2572
ctd-online@northwestern.edu
p: 847/467-1536
(Solstice, Global Leadership Intensive, Spectrum, Equinox)
ctd-summer@northwestern.edu
Age 3 through grade 5 Leapfrog/Spark
P: 847/491-8257
Grades 4 through 12 Solstice, Spectrum, Equinox
P: 847/491-8257
(CTD at Home, CTD Encounters, SEP, AWE, Leapfrog-Spark, and Online Family Program)
ctd-enrichment@northwestern.edu
p: 847/491-7676
ctd-school-services@northwestern.edu
p: 847/491-3782