• If the ELL student has enrolled for the first time in a U.S. school and has attended for fewer than 12 calendar months, the student MAY be exempted from the reading and writing portions of the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) or the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT).
• All Ell students must take the math and science portions of the CMT/CAPT regardless of how long they have been enrolled in a U.S. school.
• To be eligible for a CMT/CAPT exemption, the student must be administered an appropriate language proficiency assessment (a component of the identification process) AND be identified in the Public School Information System (PSIS) as an English language learner.
• 12 calendar months = a school entry date that is one year prior to the start of CMT/CAPT testing. For example, the March 2012 testing window begins on March 5, 2012, ELL students who entered a U.S. school for the first time after March 5, 2011 would be eligible for a CMT /CAPT exemption.

Federal Reference

New No Child Left Behind Regulations: Flexibility And Accountability For Limited English Proficient Students