American College Test (ACT)
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS)
The CTBS is a norm-referenced test used to identify students for placement in special programs such as ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). It is also used in the gifted screening of third grade students who do not have norm-referenced test scores.
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
The FCAT criterion-referenced test measures the progress of Florida students enrolled in public schools towards mastery of the Sunshine State Standards in reading, math, and writing. The FCAT is administered in the spring to all Florida public school students in grades four, five, eight, and ten. Results are reported as scale scores using a range from 100-500. The results of these tests are included in the calculation of a school’s grade by the Florida DOE.
The FCAT norm-referenced test is a standardized assessment that is used to compare students in Duval County schools with students in other Florida districts and with other states. The reading and math subtests of the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT/9) are administered in the spring to all Florida public school students in grades three through ten. Results are typically reported as percentile ranks.
FCAT Writing (formerly Florida Writes!)
High School Competency Test (HSCT)
The HSCT is a criterion-referenced test used by the state of Florida to determine eligibility for a standard high school diploma. High school juniors and seniors have at least four opportunities to pass the test. Each secondary student must earn passing scores on both the communications and mathematics sections of the HSCT to qualify for a high school diploma. The passing scale score on the HSCT is seven hundred (700). The HSCT was replaced by the FCAT in 2001.
The Readiness for College Report is produced each year by the Florida Department of Education. This report provides feedback to districts and high schools on their graduates' performance on entry-level placement tests at Florida public community colleges or universities. Every freshman in a public community college or university in Florida must demonstrate certain basic skills before beginning college-level courses. Students who achieve minimum scores on the Elementary Algebra, Reading Comprehension, and Sentence Skills portions of the Florida College Placement Test (CPT) are considered "ready" for college-level math, reading, and writing, respectively. Students may be exempted from these tests if they score high enough on the SAT or ACT. Freshmen who do not achieve minimum scores on the CPT, SAT, or ACT must take remedial classes before they begin college-level work.The report, which provides the number and percent of students who are "ready" in mathematics, reading, writing, and in all three areas, includes students who graduate from a Florida public high school with a standard diploma and enter a Florida public university or community college as a degree-seeking student within one year of graduation. Private school students are not included in this report.
Each school surveys a random 15% sample of parents, all staff, and, in the middle school and high school, a 15% sample of students. In 1999-2000, 26 questions were asked. Respondents answered with a grade of A-E, or No Response. The opinions are summarized on each school's page. District summaries are available for all parents, elementary parents, middle school parents, and high school parents, and for staff members and students.
Stanford Achievement Test (SAT/9)
The Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition, is a widely used achievement test published by Harcourt Brace Educational Measurement. It was designed to measure achievement in the curriculum content commonly taught in grades 1 through 9 throughout the United States. The SAT/9 is the norm-referenced test used by the state of Florida for the norm-referenced portion of the FCAT.
The SAT/9 has eight test levels that have been vertically equated so that scores are reported on a single scale for each subtest. These "scaled scores" allow comparisons of scores from different test levels and permit examination of longitudinal growth in achievement of individual students over time. Each test level was designed to measure curriculum content commonly taught throughout the United States in specific grades in school.
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I)
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