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Required*
CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Training
2008-2009 School Year |
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*Special education teachers that
will be administering the CMT or CAPT Skills Checklist
during the 2008-2009 school year that have not received CSDE
training during the 2006-2007 or 2007-2008 school years nor
the CSDE-Certified Rater Training provided in January and
February of 2008 must receive this REQUIRED training prior
to test administration in March of 2009. |
| To meet the high demand
for training sessions, we are providing these initial
sessions for the 2008-2009 school year during the summer.
Additional sessions are being scheduled for the fall of 2008
on a limited basis. |
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The
CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist is Connecticut’s alternate
assessment for special education students with significant
cognitive impairments. While reflecting on the combined
vision of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), it
promotes high expectations, uniform standards, and public
accountability. It is linked to the Connecticut Framework:
K-12 Curricular Goals and Standards, and provides an
accountability measure to determine the extent to which
students with significant cognitive impairments have
participated in and benefited from grade-level general
education curriculum. The CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist supports
instructional decisions to improve students’ access skills,
language arts skills, mathematics skills, and science
skills. |
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In order
to improve academic and social outcomes for students with
significant cognitive impairments, and meet federal and
Connecticut assessment requirements for students in grades 3
through 8 and 10, participants will: |
- understand the identification process for Connecticut’s
alternate assessments — the CMT/ CAPT Skills Checklist and
the CMT/CAPT (MAS);
- understand the alignment between Connecticut’s general
education performance standards and the Skills Checklist
essence statements and downward extensions;
- understand the Skills Checklist procedures, the rating
scale, acceptable prompts, cues, and response options, and
Web-based resources;
- understand the online registration and submission process
for the CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist; and
- use assessment data from the Skills Checklist to plan
instruction and monitor student progress.
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Choose from 8 Sessions |