Statewide, Standardized Assessment Program Requirements

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.09422Statewide, Standardized Assessment Program 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. 44 No. 74, April 16, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

(1) through (7) No change.

(8) Concordant and comparative scores shall be applied to the statewide assessment program as follows:

(a) No change.

(b) Comparative scores shall be applied for the Algebra 1 EOC assessment, as appropriate, according to this subsection:

1. No change.

2. Beginning with students who entered grade 9 in the 2018-19 school year, students and adults who have not yet earned their required passing score on the Algebra 1 EOC assessment, may meet this testing requirement to qualify for a high school diploma by earning a comparative passing score on the Math section of either the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), the SAT or the ACT. For eligible students, the comparative passing scale score shall be a score equal to or greater than four hundred and thirty (430) on the 160 to 760 scale for the PSAT/NMSQT Math section, four hundred and twenty (420) on the 200 to 800 scale for the SAT Math section or equal to or greater than sixteen (16) on the 1 to 36 scale for the ACT Math section.

(c) No change.

(9) through (11) No change.