The purpose of the proposed rule amendment is to establish in rule passing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® (FCAT) that are equivalent to the current passing scores required for students who entered high school at the time the ...

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-1.09421: High School Competency Test Requirements
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the proposed rule amendment is to establish in rule passing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® (FCAT) that are equivalent to the current passing scores required for students who entered high school at the time the High School Competency Test (HSCT) testing requirement was in place. Senate Bill 1908, passed by the 2008 Legislature, provides authority to the State Board of Education to adopt by rule passing scores on a new statewide assessment that are statistically equivalent to the passing scores required on an old statewide assessment. Once the equivalent passing scores on the new statewide assessment are adopted, the administration of the old assessment may be discontinued. With regard to this rule, the “old” statewide assessment is the HSCT and the “new” statewide assessment is the FCAT. The effect of this change will be to allow the Department of Education to discontinue the administration of the HSCT, effective with the approval of the final proposed rule including the equivalent scores.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: High School Competency Test.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1008.22(9) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.02, 1003.428, 1003.43, 1008.22 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Victoria Ash, Chief, Bureau of K-12 Assessment, Office of Assessment and School Performance, Florida Department of Education, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.