ACAP Summative 

The ACAP Summative will be administered to grades 2-8, once a year, in the spring, starting in spring 2020.

• The assessment will be administered 100% online, with the exception of the documented need for paper assessments.
• The content areas to be addressed are math and English/language arts, to include a writing section.
• In addition, grades 4,6, and 8 will be administered an assessment in science.
• The Grade 2 assessment will not be used for measuring achievement for accountability purposes but will serve as a baseline for 3rd-grade growth.

• The writing assessment will be administered to students in grades 4-8 and will comprise a text-dependent analysis in order to develop a comprehensive, holistic essay response. The demand required of a student's reading and writing skills in response to a text-dependent analysis prompt is similar to the demands required for a student to be a college -and -career ready.
• Test items will be aligned to the Alabama Courses of Study.

ACAP Summative Online Tools 

Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), ALSDE's testing vendor, has provided a training environment called the Online Tools Training to help students learn about the online testing system and familiarize themselves with the user interface in advance of testing.

• Students can access the OTT as often as needed or desired, either in the classroom or from home.
• The OTT allows students to experience the same testing interface they will encounter during operational testing and to experiment with the features and tools that will be available during an actual test. As students move thought the OTT practice items, grade-appropriate directions orient them on how to navigate through the items and use the tools. 
• On-screen practice hints within each item guide students to practice with specific tools and features of the online test.
  • (Note: These hints do not appear in a live test administration) 
• The OTT runs on a standard Google Chrome web browser and can be accessed by students and parents outside of the school environment as well. 

To access the Online Training Tools, click this link:  ACAP ONLINE TOOLS TRAINING (GRADES 2-8)

Once they are logged in to the OTT, the students will click through several screens with instructions, test security guidelines, and helpful hints about testing. These screens are included so that students can have an authentic practice experience. The guidelines and instructions, however, do NOT have to be followed in this practice experience as they would be in an actual test session.