Resources for Teachers
CAPT Online Resource Center
The Connecticut Academic Performance Test is a state mandated test that assesses the performance in math, science, reading and writing of all students in Grade 10. The third generation of the test was put into use in March, 2007.
Below are links to documents that you may find helpful in preparing yourself and your students for the test.
General:
Overview of the Third Generation CAPT [PDF, 177KB]
Mathematics:
Mathematics Resources
Draft CAPT Third Generation Handbook [DOC, 1 MB]
Reading and Writing:
Language Arts Resources
Draft Third Generation Handbook for Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines [DOC, 464 KB]
Science:
Science Resources
Third Generation Handbook for Science:
Cover [DOC, 35 KB]
Preface [DOC, 64 KB]
Part 1 [DOC, 128 KB]
Part 2: Instructional Strategies [DOC, 92 KB]
Part 3: Curriculum Embedded Tasks [DOC, 1.6 MB]
(More info on curriculum embedded tasks, separated by strand here.)
Part 4: Released Sample Items [DOC, 348 KB]
