CMT-CAPT Skills Checklist Technical Manual. - NAAC

Description of ELA contentIn the area of Language Arts there are four Content Standards. These are:• Reading and Responding;• Exploring and Responding to Literature;• Communicating with Others;• English language Conventions.Description of mathematics contentIn the area of Mathematics there are four Content Standards. These are:• Algebraic Reasoning: Patterns and Functions;• Geometry and Measurement;• Working with Data: Probability and Statistics; and• Numerical and Proportional Reasoning.Alignment of AA-AAS content with general content and achievement expectations.The second generation of the CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist has been designed to assessthe Content Standards, Performance Standards and Expected Performances outlined inthe Connecticut Curriculum Framework in the areas of Language Arts, Mathematics andScience (beginning in the 2007-2008 school year) for Grades 3 through 8 and 10. Eachitem in Sections I and II: Grade Level Academic Skills of the second generationChecklist corresponds to a specific Expected Performance item (objective) that is foundin the Connecticut Curriculum Frameworks. (See Section III, P. 39 and Appendix J, fora complete discussion of the alignment study completed for the Checklist)Description of linkage to different content across grades that support individual growthEach item on the Checklist that is rated is a “downward extension” of a grade levelExpected Performance item from the Connecticut Curriculum Framework. While theseDownward Extensions continue to address the “essence” of the Expected Performanceitem they do so in a simplified way. This serves to make the particular skill moreaccessible to students with significant cognitive disabilities. In Language Arts, thestudent must always be assessed with grade level content. The downward extensions willsometimes refer to “grade level text,” which for assessment purposes, is the same asgrade level content. These terms should be considered interchangeable when completingthe Checklist.Each Downward Extension of the CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist can be related directly to anExpected Performance item in the Connecticut Curriculum Frameworks. (Appendices P & Q)xiv