Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and End-of-Course Assessment Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6A-1.09422: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and End-of-Course Assessment Requirements

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 37 No. 44, November 4, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Subsections (6) and (8) of Rule 6A-1.09422 are amended to read:

(6) Examinee scores on the FCAT 2.0 Reading and Mathematics shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered during the 2010-2011 school year. Examinee scores on the FCAT 2.0 Science shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered during the 2011-2012 school year. Examinee scores on EOC assessments shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered as follows: Algebra 1 EOC Assessment (2010-2011), Geometry EOC Assessment (2011-2012), Biology 1 EOC Assessment (2011-2012), United States History EOC Assessment (2012-2013), and Civics EOC Assessment (2013-2014). Achievement levels range from 1 through 5, with level 1 being the lowest achievement level, level 5 being the highest achievement level, and level 3 indicating satisfactory performance on the assessment. Scoring at or above achievement level 4 3 on a Florida EOC Assessment indicates that a student is high achieving and has the potential to meet college-readiness standards by the time the student graduates from high school.

(a) The achievement levels for the FCAT 2.0 Reading and Mathematics shall be as shown in the following tables.

FCAT 2.0 Reading developmental scale scores (140 to 302) for each achievement level:
Grade	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
3	140-181	182-197	198-209	210-226	227-260
4	154-191	192-207	208-220	221-237	238-269
5	161-199	200-215	216-229	230-245	246-277
6	167-206	207-221	222-236	237-251	252-283
7	171-212	213-227	228-242	243-257	258-289
8	175-217	218-234	235-248	249-263	264-296
9	178-221	222-239	240-252	253-267	268-302
10	188-227	228-244	245-255	256-270	271-302
FCAT 2.0 Mathematics developmental scale scores (140 to 298) for each achievement level:
Grade	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
3	140-182	183-197	198-213	214-228	229-260
4	155-196	197-209	210-223	224-239	240-271
5	163-204	205-219	220-233	234-246	247-279
6	170-212	213-226	227-239	240-252	253-284
7	179-219	220-233	234-247	248-260	261-292
8	187-228	229-240	241-255	256-267	268-298

 

(b) The achievement levels for the Algebra 1 EOC Assessment shall be as shown in the following table.

Algebra 1 EOC Assessment scale scores (325 to 475) for each achievement level:

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
325-374	375-398	399-424	425-436	437-475

 

(8) For students who entered grade nine during the 2000-2001 school year through the 2009-2010 school year, the passing score for the required reading and mathematics assessments shall be a score equal to or greater than 300 on the 100 to 500 scale, and 1926 for the reading assessment and 1889 for the mathematics assessment on the developmental scale, unless the student had previously qualified for the passing scores required for the 2002-2003 graduating class. Since a level 3 score is a satisfactory performance level pursuant to Section 1008.22(3)(c)5., F.S., a level 3 score that is a graduation requirement indicates that the student is on a pathway to college and career readiness. For students entering grade nine during the 2010-2011 school year and beyond, the passing score for all assessments required for high school graduation or for course credit shall be the minimum scale score in achievement level 3.