Connecticut Academic Performance Test

The test covers four subjects—mathematics, reading, writing, and science—in nine individual sessions, which are taken over a period of nine days.

The science tests cover a wide range of topics: basic chemistry and physics; biology, including cell reproduction and structures; and earth science, among others.

Both tests require the student to read various articles and respond to open-ended and multiple choice questions accordingly.

Response to Literature requires the student to read a short story and answer four predetermined questions in a time of 70 minutes.

Editing & Revising is a 25 minute session in which the student read short excerpts from stories and answer multiple choice questions accordingly.