Please Note: This registration is for the required CSDE Alternate Assessment System Training. If you are looking for the optional (Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations) trainings, please visit this link.

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) continues to prepare teachers to administer the Connecticut Alternate Assessment (CTAA) in English language arts and mathematics and the CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Science to students identified with significant cognitive disabilities. Similar to last year, we are providing this required training to any teacher who has the primary responsibility for assessing students in Grades 3-8 and 11 on the CTAA and/or the CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Science for students in Grades 5, 8 and 10. This training requirement does not apply to teachers who qualified in the 2014-15, or 2015-16 through CSDE Live or Online CTAA & CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Science Training.

We are again providing two ways to access this required training. All registrants MUST provide their 10-digit Connecticut Educator Identification Number (EIN). You may look up your EIN by visiting: http://sdeportal.ct.gov/cecscreateuser/default.aspx (external link).

Option 1: 2016-17 CSDE ONLINE Alternate Assessment System Training
Participants in this online required training will demonstrate their understanding of the following: the identification process for the CTAA and CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Science; the alignment between Connecticut’s Core Standards and the CTAA; and the CTAA and CMT/CAPT Skills Checklist Science procedures, timeline, administration and resources.

Option 2: 2016-17 CSDE LIVE Alternate Assessment System Training is a required professional learning activity that will be presented at each of the six RESCs. Morning and afternoon sessions will be available depending on enrollment numbers. Information provided during this training is compatible to the online version listed above. Live trainings ended on November 18. Educators still needing to complete the training must complete the online option.

For registration questions, please contact Bianca Irizarry, SERC, (860) 632-1485, ext. 216 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For content questions, please contact Janet Stuck or Joe Amenta in the CSDE Academic Office. Their contact information is as follows:
Janet Stuck · 860-713-6837 · This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joe Amenta · 860-713-6855 · This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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