Florida

When are students tested? 1
4th grade
5th grade
8th grade
10th grade
11th grade

What subjects are tested? 1
Reading
Writing
Mathematics

What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Short written response
Extended written response / Essay

How are test results used? 1
High school graduation (exit requirement HSCT only)
Student diagnosis
Improvement of instruction
Program evaluation
Performance reporting for school, district, and state

What tests are used? 1
Florida Writing Assessment Program (grades 4, 8, 10)
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (grades 4, 5, 8, 10)
High School Competency Test (grade 11)
 

Are students with disabilities exempt? 2, 3
For Florida Writing Assessment Program - Exemptions given to any student with a disability, as determined by IEP team.
For Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test - Exemptions given to any student unable to complete the test with allowable modifications, as determined by IEP team.
Exemptions given to students, as determined by IEP team.
Exemptions are not given to students due to absences or social, cultural, or economic differences.

What accommodations are available so that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by state Department of Education.

How are scores of students with disabilities reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports separate ("disaggregate") scores of students with disabilities from scores of students without disabilities.
 
Footnotes:

1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.

2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.

3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.


Department of Education
Bureau of Institutional Support and Community Services
325 West Gaines Street # 614
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
904-488-1570
904-487-2194 Fax
www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/
Contact: Shan Goff, Bureau Chief
goffs@mail.doe.state.fl.us
Carol Allman, Special Education State Assessment Director
 
Florida Parent Centers on Disability
Family Network on Disabilities
2735 Whitney Road
Clearwater, FL 33760-1610
813-523-1130
1-800-825-5736 in FL
813-523-8687 Fax
fnd@gate.net
www.gate.net/~fnd
Contact: Jan LaBelle

Parent Empowerment Project
332 W. Alvarez Avenue
Clewiston, FL 33440
941-983-4417
fnd@gate.net

COFFO, Inc.
305 S. Flagler Avenue
P.O. Box 900368
Homestead, FL 33090
305-246-0357
305-246-2445 Fax
Contact: Santiago Garcia

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