CPAA: Pre-K - Grade 2

The CPAA focuses on the Pre-K – 2nd grade years and evaluates student proficiency in language arts/literacy and mathematics.

Teachers and administrators from ERB member schools worked with Children’s Progress to design questions that would be appropriate for the expectations of ERB member schools. Each item was also evaluated through an analysis of a pool of student responses and performance data.

Yes, CPAA can be used with either MAC or PC. Our friendly technicians and customer service people will help implement the CPAA program, and customized professional is available for faculty and administrators.

As often as you wish, or as seems useful. All measures are easy to use and give immediate data reports.

Adaptive assessments use interactive content to evaluate a student’s learning and skill development. The difficulty of content presented to each student changes with every response that a child makes, in order to identify the child’s level of mastery. If a child is answering questions correctly, the CPAA presents more challenging content, until the child either shows mastery or gives an incorrect answer. When a child answers a question incorrectly, the question is posed in a simpler way, offering the child more than one chance to choose the correct answer.

As a part of this adaptive approach, the CPAA uses a patented hinting process, which responds to a child’s errors with targeted instructions and feedback. In this way, the assessment also measures a child’s response to instruction, helping to let teachers know exactly how to help children advance in their learning. Children’s Progress designed this patented dynamic approach to identify a child’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), the areas of learning where a child is most ready to master a new skill, and where teaching support is most helpful.

Children’s Progress’ products are based on years of expert research in the areas of cognitive psychology, early childhood education, and child development. Most of the research was completed at Columbia University under the direction of Eugene Galanter, Ph.D., a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Psychophysics Laboratory at Columbia University. This foundational research has informed the design and creation of the assessments, their content, and the way data is reported.

Research has shown that childhood learning is critical to later success in school and life. A child’s development during the early years, particularly in learning to read, forms the foundation on which much of his or her future academic success depends. CPAA is designed to give educators and parents the information they need to help children grow and develop, so that later learning is built upon a sound foundation.

Yes. In todays computer-savvy education environment, most children are already familiar with computers or digital games. For children who have not been exposed to a computer, CPAA are designed to be fun and easy for the students, and include a pre-screen to ensure that children understand how to use the mouse and answer questions on a computer.

As young children can use a computer and mouse independently, computer-based assessments evaluate skills and knowledge. While students play a fun, engaging computer game, the assessment identifies their skills and needs, and scores are automatically generated and reported for teachers to read and print.

No. With a simple point and click design, the program is intuitive, and students quickly master the process. The assessment resembles a game, with graphics and narration, and students are quickly engaged. The simplicity of the assessment is one of its strongest features.

Yes. The assessments provide objective data that can be used to back up teacher’s opinions during parent conferences. The clear and easy to understand reports can provide a graphic picture that helps to illustrate a child’s performance.

ERB offers presentations to inform schools of ERB’s products and services, and workshops to help schools analyze and interpret ERB test results. Presenters and workshop leaders are ERB staff members and specially trained consultants. The content and length of presentations and workshops are tailored to the needs of schools exploring the adoption of these tests.

Introductory presentations about the Comprehensive Testing Program are made at no charge to schools exploring the adoption of these tests. ERB will meet with your school’s testing committee to discuss the features and benefits of CTP 4.