Mathematics
The mathematics portion of the CMT assesses students on skills and concepts they are expected to have learned by the time of the test. In grades three and four, there are two test sessions, and in grades five through eight there are three. The test consists of three formats: multiple choice, open-ended, and grid-in. For the multiple choice questions, students are provided with four possible answers to choose from. The open-ended questions require students to explain and show how they got to an answer. There are different rubrics used for scoring depending on the type of open-ended question. The grid-in questions (grades five through eight only) require students to write their numerical response in boxes and then fill in corresponding bubbles below each number. All scores are reported by strand, of which there are 25. Each test session is 60 minutes long.
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