CMT Reading

CMT Third Generation Language Arts Reading Test

Test

Reading Comprehension
Degrees of Reading Power (DRP)

Objective of Assessment
Assess reader's ability on three comprehension strands:

A. Forming an Initial Understanding.

B. Developing an Interpretation

C. Demonstrating a Critical Stance
To measure how well students can understand the surface meaning of what they read. DRP tests measure the process of reading rather than the products of reading such as main idea and author's purpose.

Student Task

Demonstrate understanding of the main and supporting information in the general content of the text.

Interpret text by connecting it to outside knowledge (personal experiences, text structure, author's purpose)

Use information in text to predict; judge text quality and themes; analyze author's craft.

Use vocabulary knowledge and, contextual syntactic and semantic clues to figure out meaning of text. Choose correct words to fill blanks in Cloze passages.

Reading

Passages

3 Reading Passages, generally 800-1000 words each

Passage Types: narrative, informational social science, informational science

Types of literature: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, functional text

Graphic organizers used

11 Informational passages on a variety of topics

Response Format

Multiple choice

Short four-line written responses to four open-ended questions in each strand

Multiple choice

Summarized by C. How from Connecticut Department of Education Handbook on CMT 2001

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CMT Third Generation Language Arts Reading Test
Test	Reading Comprehension	Degrees of Reading Power (DRP)
Objective of Assessment	Assess reader's ability on three comprehension strands: A. Forming an Initial Understanding. B. Developing an Interpretation C. Demonstrating a Critical Stance	To measure how well students can understand the surface meaning of what they read. DRP tests measure the process of reading rather than the products of reading such as main idea and author's purpose.
Student Task	Demonstrate understanding of the main and supporting information in the general content of the text. Interpret text by connecting it to outside knowledge (personal experiences, text structure, author's purpose) Use information in text to predict; judge text quality and themes; analyze author's craft.	Use vocabulary knowledge and, contextual syntactic and semantic clues to figure out meaning of text. Choose correct words to fill blanks in Cloze passages.
Reading Passages	3 Reading Passages, generally 800-1000 words each Passage Types: narrative, informational social science, informational science Types of literature: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, functional text Graphic organizers used	11 Informational passages on a variety of topics
Response Format	Multiple choice Short four-line written responses to four open-ended questions in each strand	Multiple choice