CMT-CAPT Skills Checklist Technical Manual. - NAAC

Who administers the Checklist?The Checklist must be completed by the student’s primary special education teacher incollaboration with other team members.• Primary Special Education Teacher: If a student has more than one specialeducation teacher, the individual who is most familiar with the student’sperformance across multiple settings should complete the Checklist aftercollaborating on the responses.• General Education Teacher(s)(s): To the extent that athe student participates inthe general education program, the student’s general education classroomteacher(s) should collaborate with the primary special education teacher indetermining the appropriate ratings for each of the skills on the Checklist.• Role of Other StaffProfessionals: Other team members who have knowledge ofathe student’s current performance levels in the areas assessed by the Checklistshould also be consulted. Often athe student’s, paraprofessional,Speech/Language Pathologist or other team members will have valuableinformation about a valuable the student’s performance in differentsettings.How is the Checklist completed?TThe CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist is completed online based on the rater’s knowledge ofthe student’s current performance at the time the CMT Test is administered to all otherstudents. The student’s primary special education teacherrater should supplementher/hisher/his own experience with the student by observing the student in differentsettings and/or soliciting input from other members of the student’s educational team.Although it is not necessary for the student’s primary special education teacher toliterally enter the ratings on the Online CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist s/he must complete apaper copy of the Checklist from which ratings can be entered. After these Checklistratings are entered online the district must retain a copy of this Checklist used for dataentry for later review by the State Department of Education, if requested. Thecertification section (Section IV) of this file copy of the Checklist must be signed anddated by the student’s primary special education teacher to certify the Checklistratings entered online.However, the actual completion of the checklist should be done by the student’s primaryspecial education teacher, as described previously.Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.25"Formatted: Font: 12 pt, Bold, NotItalicFormatted: Font: 12 pt, Not ItalicBefore rating a student’s performance iIt is important to review the checklist items withother professionals who participate in the implementation of the student’s IEP and toxxv