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Success Measures

Welcome to the newly created Success Measures web page. We understand that as Florida's assessment program grows beyond the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test ® (FCAT), Florida's parents and students need an up-to-date resource for all their assessment questions.

Through the new Success Measures website, parents, students and teachers can access in-depth information about all of Florida's student assessments in a timely and meaningful way.

The Success Measures page will continue to be updated with important information on Florida's assessment programs including details on what your children are being taught in our classrooms and how their learning will be assessed.

To help guide parents and students through the upcoming changes to our assessment program, we have also created an interactive online tool to help you research and learn more about Florida's standards and assessments

We hope you will find this new tool useful in helping to prepare your child for his or her educational career path and we look forward to your feedback.


Success Measures Pathway Tool

As Florida's assessment programs mature, it's important that parents and students have a clear understanding of the materials students are expected to learn and the new state assessments designed to measure that learning. Through the interactive Success Measures Pathway tool, parents and students can perform individualized searches to see exactly what material they will be learning, as well as which assessment(s) they will be taking and when. Give it a try for yourself by visiting the link below!

Why is the FCAT Changing?

Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, Florida's statewide assessments began measuring student understanding of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. Previous assessments measured student knowledge of the Sunshine State Standards. The Next Generation Sunshine State Standards were adopted in 2007 and developed by hundreds of educators from across the state. Educators have been using the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in their classrooms since 2007.

Florida Measures of Success

Last year marked the first time students were tested on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Reading and Mathematics. In order to assess these new standards, new assessments to measure student success, such as FCAT 2.0 were created. Until the transition is complete, selected grades and subjects will continue to participate in the FCAT assessments. For a better understanding of Florida's new and old assessments keep reading.

  • FCAT: The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test®, which began for select grades in 1998, is administered to students in grades 3 - 11, approximately 200,000 students per grade. The FCAT measures the Sunshine State Standards in reading and mathematics (grades 3-10), science (grades 5, 8, & 11), and writing (grades 4, 8, & 10).

  • FCAT 2.0: The FCAT 2.0 measures student achievement of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, which were adopted in 2007. The transition from FCAT to FCAT 2.0 will be phased in over time, with FCAT 2.0 Reading and Mathematics being the first assessments to take place in Spring 2011. FCAT 2.0 Science will be administered to students for the first time in the spring of 2012. More detail about the transition to FCAT 2.0 is available.

  • Florida End-of-Course Assessments: The Florida EOC Assessments are part of Florida's Next Generation Strategic Plan aimed at better aligning our testing structure in order to assess a year's worth of learning at the close of the school year. Florida's EOCs will be computer-based assessments that measure the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for specific high-school level courses. The first assessment to begin the transition to end-of-course testing in Florida is the Algebra 1 EOC, which was administered for the first time in May 2011.

  • NAEP: The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a periodic national assessment of America's students in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history.

Schedules

Assessment schedules will vary by student grade level and subject area. To view Florida assessment scheduling information, visit the links below.

Other Assessment Resources

Planning and Standards Resources

FACTS.org - For high school academic planning for college and beyond, the state website FACTS.org can help students plan out their career and college path, and so much more. FACTS.org includes the ePersonal Education Planner and evaluations showing a student’s standings for university admissions and Bright Futures scholarships. For personalized academic information, visit FACTS.org.

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards – The Next Generation Sunshine State Standards are the standards and content being taught in our classrooms today. These benchmarks provide a framework for instruction for all students. To learn more about the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, visit http://www.floridastandards.org.