More and more, 6 th grade students are allowed to use calculators. How does this affect the Concepts and Applications probes in CBM?
If your district/state policy does not require students to learn computation (except by using calculators), you can permit students to complete the CBM assessment using calculators. We recommend, however, that you administer the test in the same way every time; either using calculators, or not. It should be noted, however, that increasingly, research shows the importance of students understanding algorithms.
