Middle Level Services Overview

Mankato Area Public Schools offer a variety of middle school services for academically talented students (see chart below).
The district uses the Response to Intervention (RtI) framework on a daily basis to meet the individualized learning needs of academically talented students. Many times, people associate interventions with struggling students. However, interventions also apply to students who are academically talented.

The RtI model allows students the following educational benefits:

• Student grouping by readiness
• Accelerated pace
• Greater complexity in meeting standards
• Opportunities for complex, critical, and creative thought
• Engagement with complex and challenging resources, tasks, and applications
• Increased independence
• Expanded student choice

This approach leads to increased:

• Understanding and learning
• Motivation and engagement
• Independent and collaborative problem-solving skills
   

The following chart overviews the variety of services available for high ability middle school services. For more information, you can also look at the Talent Development Handbook.