In spite of its problems, the FCAT has nine lives — maybe more. The writing test has had me grumbling to myself for years now, so I am moved by recent news to make my complaints loud and clear.

Just as they did last year, Hernando County fourth-graders held their own compared to their peers statewide on the FCAT writing test. Meanwhile, county eighth-graders and high school sophomores ...

beefed up standardized tests a year later. The idea is to pump up the requirements on FCAT writing, so Florida students are ready for the more demanding exams to come. Central Florida educators ...

Related: Duval, other school districts challenge FCAT results Northeast Florida districts saw similar jumps on the 10th-grade writing test, with reading results showing little change from 2009.

The FCAT was designed to test students' understanding of the state standards in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics and critical thinking. The test was first administered to students in ...

Changes to the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive ... but should be used with care and precision. The FCAT and other tests should not become so ingrained as to set the curriculums ...

Letters from School Superintendent Steve Benton are going out to parents and/or guardians of children in grades four, eight and 10, informing them that the FCAT 2.0 Writing Test will be ...

On its website, the state DOE warns against comparing this year’s scores with the previous year’s because of the differences in grading the tests. Why the scores matter The FCAT writing test ...

Those tests include FCAT 2.0 writing and third-grade FCAT 2.0 reading and mathematics assessments. Statewide, 57-percent of third graders met the state's mark for grade level or better scores in ...

The Florida State Board of Education voted unanimously on May 15 to reduce the passing score on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in writing from a 4.0 to a 3.0, after a huge plunge ...