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2. Why do students take the FCAT?
3. What is the legislative authority for the FCAT?
4. How does the FCAT fit into school improvement in Florida?
5. Who takes the FCAT?
6. What does the FCAT cost to administer, score, and report results?
7. How has the FCAT changed since its implementation in 1998?
8. Why will the FCAT NRT no longer be administered beginning with the 2008-09 school year?
9. When is the FCAT administered?
10. How much time does it take to administer the FCAT to a student?
11. What subject areas are measured by the FCAT?
12. At what grade levels must students pass the FCAT?
13. What is the passing score for the FCAT?
14. Is a passing score on the FCAT Writing assessment a graduation requirement?
15. What promotion options are available for Grade 3 students who have not passed the FCAT?
16. May graduating seniors substitute alternative assessment scores for passing scores on the FCAT?
17. How many times can a high school student retake the FCAT prior to graduation?
18. What options are available to high school seniors who have not passed the FCAT?
19. Do students receive remediation based on their FCAT scores?
20. How and when are student FCAT results returned to students?
21. How do I obtain a copy of my child’s FCAT scores?
22. What accounts for the delay between student assessment in March and the return of FCAT scores?
23. How do Achievement Levels based on scale scores differ from Achievement Levels based on developmental scale scores (DSS)?
24. What are some considerations when using developmental scale scores?
25. What can you tell me about FCAT Science?
26. Who writes the questions for the FCAT?
27. What are the FCAT questions like?
28. Who scores the FCAT? How are FCAT scorers trained?
29. Can students or parents see the actual test taken?
30. Are the FCAT scores for schools adjusted for the socioeconomic status of students?
31. How are the FCAT scores used for school accountability?
32. What is the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report?
33. Do students with disabilities receive accommodations on the FCAT?
34. Do students who are English Language Learners (ELLs) take the FCAT?
35. What are the legal issues surrounding the FCAT?
36. Are FCAT scores available on the Internet?
2. How do I interpret the FTCE/FELE Maximum Percentages Needed to Achieve a Minimum Passing Score Table (accessed through question number one) to determine the maximum percentage required to pass an examination?
3. How do I interpret scores for examinations that have performance components such as oral or written requirements?
4. What are FTCE and FELE scale scores?
5. What are the minimum passing scale scores for the FTCE and FELE?
6. Why are teacher certification scores reported as pass or fail?
7. Why does the number of questions needed to pass an examination vary slightly from one administration to the next?
8. Why is the Mathematics Subtest of the General Knowledge Test required to obtain a professional Florida teaching certificate for someone who will not be teaching mathematics education?
9. How can I waive the Math Section of the General Knowledge Test?
10. How can I prepare for the Mathematics subtest of the General Knowledge Test?
11. Why is the Essay portion of the General Knowledge Test required to obtain a professional Florida teaching certificate for someone who will not be teaching language arts?
12. How can I waive the Essay portion of the General Knowledge Test?
13. How can I prepare for the General Knowledge Essay?
14. Why were the FTCE/FELE fees increased?
Historically, the Department has been able to keep the examinee test fees low because a large portion of the money used for developing and administering tests has been drawn from general revenue funds allocated by the legislature. Beginning September 1, 2009, the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) and Florida Educational Leadership Examination (FELE) fees will support all test development, test administration, and scoring services. The FTCE examinations are designed by Florida educators and are aligned with the Next Generation Sunshine State Curriculum Standards as well as other teacher standards.
15. Are there funds that may assist teachers with test fees?
16. Why can’t I get the test site and date I requested?
17. If I participate in a pilot test, does it affect my scores in any way?
18. Who is the official contractor working with the Department of Education on the FTCE and FELE?
19. Does the Department endorse the recruitment of Subject Matter Experts for FTCE test development meetings?
20. How many questions are on each examination, and how much time is allotted for each test?
21. Why does the FTCE/FELE registration application request my Social Security Number and how will it be used?
2. How does the No Child Left Behind Act affect NAEP?
3. Why is NAEP administered?
4. What is the basis for NAEP?
5. Who participates in NAEP?
6. How are schools and students selected to participate in NAEP?
7. When is NAEP administered?
8. How much time does it take to administer NAEP?
9. Do Students with Disabilities (SD) and/or English Language Learners (ELL) receive accommodations for NAEP?
10. Do students receive individual NAEP results?
11. When are NAEP results released?
12. Are the NAEP results available on the Internet?
13. How are NAEP Scores Reported?
14. What are NAEP test items like?
15. Have NAEP assessment items been released?
16. How many times has NAEP been administered?
17. What is the schedule for future administrations of NAEP?
18. What is the history of the NAEP program?
19. What is the Legislative Authority for NAEP?
20. What is required by NCLB Legislation?
21. How does NAEP compare with the FCAT?
22. What is NAGB?
23. What is NAGB?
Assessment and School Performance
All · FCAT - Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® · FTCE – Florida Teacher Certification Examinations and FELE – Florida Educational Leadership Examination · NAEP - National Assessment of Educational ProgressFCAT - Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test®
1. What is the FCAT?2. Why do students take the FCAT?
3. What is the legislative authority for the FCAT?
4. How does the FCAT fit into school improvement in Florida?
5. Who takes the FCAT?
6. What does the FCAT cost to administer, score, and report results?
7. How has the FCAT changed since its implementation in 1998?
8. Why will the FCAT NRT no longer be administered beginning with the 2008-09 school year?
9. When is the FCAT administered?
10. How much time does it take to administer the FCAT to a student?
11. What subject areas are measured by the FCAT?
12. At what grade levels must students pass the FCAT?
13. What is the passing score for the FCAT?
14. Is a passing score on the FCAT Writing assessment a graduation requirement?
15. What promotion options are available for Grade 3 students who have not passed the FCAT?
16. May graduating seniors substitute alternative assessment scores for passing scores on the FCAT?
17. How many times can a high school student retake the FCAT prior to graduation?
18. What options are available to high school seniors who have not passed the FCAT?
19. Do students receive remediation based on their FCAT scores?
20. How and when are student FCAT results returned to students?
21. How do I obtain a copy of my child’s FCAT scores?
22. What accounts for the delay between student assessment in March and the return of FCAT scores?
23. How do Achievement Levels based on scale scores differ from Achievement Levels based on developmental scale scores (DSS)?
24. What are some considerations when using developmental scale scores?
25. What can you tell me about FCAT Science?
26. Who writes the questions for the FCAT?
27. What are the FCAT questions like?
28. Who scores the FCAT? How are FCAT scorers trained?
29. Can students or parents see the actual test taken?
30. Are the FCAT scores for schools adjusted for the socioeconomic status of students?
31. How are the FCAT scores used for school accountability?
32. What is the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report?
33. Do students with disabilities receive accommodations on the FCAT?
34. Do students who are English Language Learners (ELLs) take the FCAT?
35. What are the legal issues surrounding the FCAT?
36. Are FCAT scores available on the Internet?
FTCE – Florida Teacher Certification Examinations and FELE – Florida Educational Leadership Examination
1. What is the percentage of correct answers required to pass the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) and the Florida Educational Leadership Examination (FELE)?2. How do I interpret the FTCE/FELE Maximum Percentages Needed to Achieve a Minimum Passing Score Table (accessed through question number one) to determine the maximum percentage required to pass an examination?
3. How do I interpret scores for examinations that have performance components such as oral or written requirements?
4. What are FTCE and FELE scale scores?
5. What are the minimum passing scale scores for the FTCE and FELE?
6. Why are teacher certification scores reported as pass or fail?
7. Why does the number of questions needed to pass an examination vary slightly from one administration to the next?
8. Why is the Mathematics Subtest of the General Knowledge Test required to obtain a professional Florida teaching certificate for someone who will not be teaching mathematics education?
9. How can I waive the Math Section of the General Knowledge Test?
10. How can I prepare for the Mathematics subtest of the General Knowledge Test?
11. Why is the Essay portion of the General Knowledge Test required to obtain a professional Florida teaching certificate for someone who will not be teaching language arts?
12. How can I waive the Essay portion of the General Knowledge Test?
13. How can I prepare for the General Knowledge Essay?
14. Why were the FTCE/FELE fees increased?
Historically, the Department has been able to keep the examinee test fees low because a large portion of the money used for developing and administering tests has been drawn from general revenue funds allocated by the legislature. Beginning September 1, 2009, the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) and Florida Educational Leadership Examination (FELE) fees will support all test development, test administration, and scoring services. The FTCE examinations are designed by Florida educators and are aligned with the Next Generation Sunshine State Curriculum Standards as well as other teacher standards.
The Department maintains one of the most technologically advanced and customer-oriented teacher certification testing programs in the world.
Additional services paid for by the fees include:
- 55 paper-based testing locations statewide for customer convenience;
- 36 computer-based testing centers statewide for customer convenience;
- customer service representatives available from 7 AM to 7 PM, Monday through Saturday;
- 10 locations statewide where examinees can review the test questions that they miss if they failed an examination;
- availability of all 50 FTCE examinations at computer-based testing centers, including essay exams, German, Spanish, French, and Latin;
- personal score retrieval via the Internet; and
- diagnostic reporting services for colleges of education and educator preparation institutes.
15. Are there funds that may assist teachers with test fees?
16. Why can’t I get the test site and date I requested?
17. If I participate in a pilot test, does it affect my scores in any way?
18. Who is the official contractor working with the Department of Education on the FTCE and FELE?
19. Does the Department endorse the recruitment of Subject Matter Experts for FTCE test development meetings?
20. How many questions are on each examination, and how much time is allotted for each test?
21. Why does the FTCE/FELE registration application request my Social Security Number and how will it be used?
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
1. What is NAEP?2. How does the No Child Left Behind Act affect NAEP?
3. Why is NAEP administered?
4. What is the basis for NAEP?
5. Who participates in NAEP?
6. How are schools and students selected to participate in NAEP?
7. When is NAEP administered?
8. How much time does it take to administer NAEP?
9. Do Students with Disabilities (SD) and/or English Language Learners (ELL) receive accommodations for NAEP?
10. Do students receive individual NAEP results?
11. When are NAEP results released?
12. Are the NAEP results available on the Internet?
13. How are NAEP Scores Reported?
14. What are NAEP test items like?
15. Have NAEP assessment items been released?
16. How many times has NAEP been administered?
17. What is the schedule for future administrations of NAEP?
18. What is the history of the NAEP program?
19. What is the Legislative Authority for NAEP?
20. What is required by NCLB Legislation?
21. How does NAEP compare with the FCAT?
22. What is NAGB?
23. What is NAGB?