Polk County Public Schools
Student Information FCAT High School Summer Program 2008
Application for FCAT High School Summer Program and Testing 2008
(Rising Seniors & 07-08 Certificate of Completion Students)
The Florida Department of Education web site explains that "the State of Florida has, for some years, been committed to perfecting a workable system of accountability for the public schools. The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, begun in 1971, has been an important element in this accountability effort. The program was designed to assess students' academic strengths and weaknesses, particularly in the basic skills." The following tests are a part of the Florida Statewide Assessment Program.
As taken from the FLDOE web site, "The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is a component of Florida's effort to improve the teaching and learning of higher educational standards. The primary purpose of the FCAT is to assess student achievement of the high-order thinking skills represented in the Sunshine State Standards (SSS) for Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Science. The SSS portion of the FCAT is a criterion-referenced test. The secondary purpose is to compare the performance of Florida students to the performance of students across the nation. This comparison is possible through the use of a norm-referenced test (NRT) for Reading and Mathematics. The current NRT is the Stanford Achievement Test 10© (SAT10) published by Harcourt Assessment, Incorporated."
FCAT Parent Network: Login and Password may be obtained from the school's Network Manager.
Eligible students who have graduated with a Certificate of Completion from a Polk County public high school and who wish to retake the mathematics or communications section of the High School Competency Test (HSCT), should call the Assessment, Accountability and Evaluation office (534-0688) to register.
According to the International Baccalaureate web site, "The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is a challenging two-year curriculum, primarily aimed at students aged 16 to 19. It leads to a qualification that is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities." The testing schedule will be posted here when it is available.