CMT-CAPT Skills Checklist Technical Manual. - NAAC

from a variety of contexts or to complete computational procedures even with the use of acalculator.IEP – for students to participate in AA-AASThe IEP Team (Planning and Placement Team – PPT in Connecticut) determines howstudents with disabilities should participate in the CMT/CAPT testing program. Thedecision about the most appropriate assessment (e.g., CMT, CAPT or CMT/CAPT SkillsChecklist) is not to be based on current placement, disability category or the setting inwhich the student receives instruction. As was noted previously, Connecticut iscommitted to the principle that every student has the right to access the general educationcurriculum.The student’s current educational needs are the most criteria utilized when selecting anassessment method. Connecticut has a mandated IEP form that is utilized for all publicschool students determined to be eligible for special education services under IDEA.Page 9 of this standard IEP form includes a description of all statewide assessmentoptions which must be considered by the PPT when determining whether a studentshould participate in the standard CMT/CAPT testing program or in the CMT/CAPTSkills Checklist alternate assessment. This section of the IEP form also provides a placefor the team to document the basis for the recommendation.WHAT IS THE CONTENT?IntroductionThe CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist consists of fourthree sections. Section I: Grade LevelAcademic Skills-Language Arts (Reading and Communication) and Section II: GradeLevel Academic Skills-Mathematics assess Language Arts and Mathematics skillsincluded in the Connecticut Curriculum Framework at the student’s assigned grade level.Section III: Access Skills, assesses those communication, quantitative and pre-academicskills that students without disabilities typically develop prior to school entry. SectionIV: Rater Certification provides a place for the student’s primary special educationteacher to certify her/his ratings of the student’s performance. Section II: Grade LevelAcademic Skills-Language Arts and Section III: Grade Level Academic Skills-Mathematics assess Language Arts and Mathematics skills included in the ConnecticutCurriculum Framework at the student’s grade levelFormatted: Font: 12 pt, Not Italic,UnderlineThe Connecticut Curriculum Frameworks includes grade level Content Standards for anumber of curriculum areas, including those of Mathematics, Language Arts, andScience. These are the curriculum areas that are assessed by the Connecticut MasteryTest (CMT) and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), Connecticut’sstandard statewide assessments of academic performance.xiii