INTRODUCTION

The Connecticut Mastery Test Review Series (CMTReview) harnesses the two most powerful communication tools in history – Television and the Internet. Every school district that is serviced by a cable television company has a dedicated television channel over which the district can deliver free television programming. It is documented that 82 percent of Connecticut students make active use of the Internet at home.

CMT Review delivers focused, in-depth and on-demand instruction in subjects required by the Connecticut Mastery Tests (CMTs)  by using cutting-edge multi-media technology including: 

•Cable TV - Public Educational Access Channels
•Internet - Public Web Site dedicated to CMT instruction
•CD ROMs, DVDs, and Videocassettes distribution for
 Home, Classroom, Library, and Community Outreach  Centers
•Interactive Online testing
•Paperless distribution of worksheets and curriculum

“The purpose of CMT Review is to raise student achievement on Connecticut’s standardized tests using an approach that bridges teachers, parents, community support groups as well as students with an interesting, engaging, fully integrated multi-media curriculum”.

CMT Review provides:
•Teachers with additional resources and is designed to  bridge the classroom instructional model.
•Students with more and varied access to targeted  instruction specific to the CMT strands and objectives.
•Community organizations with comprehensive and  integrated curriculum that reaches back to the classroom  and bridges forward to the home.
•Parents with easily accessed materials so they can better  understand and involve themselves with their child’s  education. These materials will directly help parents  understand the skill sets required by the Connecticut  Mastery Tests.