Assessment

Summary:

This page contains descriptions of and links to all pages in the Assessment section of the Teaching Resources for Florida ESE website.

• Resources- information about Florida's assessment policies and practices
• The Legal Basis for Accommodations and Modifications- describes the federal laws and Florida Statutes and rules that address accommodations and modifications
• FCAT Accommodations- participation and accommodations for students with disabilities in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
• Standardized Test Accommodations- general information about standardized tests and accommodations, how to access information about allowable accommodations and necessary documentation regarding eligibility
• Stanford Achievement Test Series- academic achievement tests Stanford 10, Stanford 9, and Metropolitan 8
• Terra Nova- an academic achievement test that measures important basic and applied skills
• Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS)- academic achievement tests of skills and standards important across the curriculum
• Tests of Genral Educational Development (GED Tests)- enables individuals who have not graduated from high school to demonstrate the attainment of abilities normally acquired through completion of a high school program
• SAT- a college entrance exam which consists of the SAT I: Reasoning Test, and SAT II: Subject Tests
• American College Test (ACT)- a college entrance exam designed to assess high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college level work
• Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)- consists of ten short individual tests covering word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, mathematics knowledge, general science, auto and shop information, mechanical comprehension, electronics information, numerical operations, and coding speed