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College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)
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- CLAST Questions and Answers (PDF) (PDF, 99KB)
- Telephone Directory of CLAST Institutional Testing Offices (PDF, 41KB)
- Test Schedule
- Passing Scores
- Cancellation of Scores
- Administration of CLAST
- Waivers from CLAST Subtests
- Eligibility to Take the CLAST
- Computer-Adaptive Test(CAT) Administrations of Retake Examinees
- The Need for CLAST Scores
- Notifying and Registering Examinees
- Test Security
- Special Test Conditions for Examinees with Disabilities
Important News
Effective July 1, 2009, the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) will no longer be administered. Recent Florida legislation, Senate Bill 1676, repealed the use of the CLAST to measure the College-Level Academic Skills (CLAS) set and as a degree requirement for those undergraduates seeking associate in arts (AA), bachelor of arts (BA), or bachelor of science (BS) degree in Florida’s public colleges and universities.All scores earned on the CLAST prior to July 1, 2009, will still be valid.
Students who still need to meet CLAS requirements after July 1, 2009, will still have opportunities other than the CLAST exam to do so. Please check your college’s or university’s Web site for more information on how to meet the CLAS requirements.
About the CLAST
The CLAST is part of Florida's system of educational accountability that satisfies the mandates of Section 1008.29, F.S. The CLAST is an achievement test that measures students' attainment of the college-level communication and mathematics skills that were identified by the faculties of community colleges and state universities through the College-Level Academic Skills Project (CLASP). The skills have been adopted by the SBE and are listed in Rule 6A-10.0316, FAC.The CLAST consists of four subtests: essay, English language skills (ELS), reading, and mathematics. Each subtest yields a single score that is reported to the student and to the institution needing the scores. Students and institutions also receive broad skill information that is useful in identifying areas of possible strength or weakness.
Since August 1, 1984, students in public postsecondary institutions in Florida have been required to demonstrate achievement of the skills set forth in Rule 6A-10.0316, FAC, for the award of an associate in arts degree and for admission to upper-division status in a state university in Florida. Rule 6A-10.0311, FAC describes the requirements for alternatives to CLAST.
If you have questions regarding CLAST, please call (850) 245-0513.