Helpful Web Addresses Related to FCAT

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatpub2.htm

Central site for FCAT Publications for Educators

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcatrelease.html

FCAT Released Tests – Fall ’05: Grades 4, 8, 10 Reading and Math; Fall ’06: Grades 3, 7, and 9 Reading and Math; Fall ’07: Grade 5 Reading, Math and Science, Grade 6 Reading and Math, Grade 8 Science; Fall ’08: Grades 4, 8, 10 Reading and Math, Grade 11 Science

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatretestsu.html

How to use released FCAT tests

 

http://www.fldoe.org/faq/faq.asp?Dept=202&ALL=N

Frequently Asked Questions about FCAT

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatit01.htm

2001 FCAT Released Items, Reading Grades 4, 8, 10; Math Grades 5, 8, 10

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatis01.htm

FCAT Reading, Math and Science Item Specifications

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/handbk/fcathandbook.html

FCAT Handbook - A Resource for Educators

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/pdf/fcat-update-0904.pdf

FCAT Update - September 2004

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/pdf/fc05designsummary.pdf

FCAT Test Design Summary – September 2005

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fclesn02.htm

Lessons Learned – FCAT, Sunshine State Standards and Instructional Implications

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/pdf/fc04contentfocus.pdf

FCAT Content Focus - Defines the specific content measured by each FCAT test item

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/xls/2005/fc05contentfocus-math.xls

FCAT 2005 Math Grades 3-10 Content Focus by grade level

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/xls/2005/fc05contentfocus-read.xls

FCAT 2005 Reading Grades 3-10 Content Focus by grade level

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/xls/2005/fc05contentfocus-science.xls

FCAT 2005 Science Grades 5, 8, 11 Content Focus by grade level

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/pdf/fcatguid.pdf

What Every Teacher Should Know About FCAT

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatitem.htm

FCAT 2006 Sample Test Books (Reading, Math, Science, Writing+) with Answer Keys, Grades 3-11– Provides practice for students on the format of the tests.   In addition, teacher notes in the answer key documents include benchmark relationship and clarification.

 

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fwinfopg.htm  - FCAT Writing results by-school, broken down by score point distribution and prompt type:

For 2005 results, scroll down the page until you find School Scores for All Curriculum Groups (MS Excel file)– choose the grade level(s) appropriate to your school.  This will take you to an Excel spreadsheet with all of the schools in the state listed with their writing results displayed by prompt type and score point distribution. These results are for “all curriculum” students (all students who took the writing test); therefore, they are not congruent with the A+Plan (school grades) population.  (%4 and above will have to be summed by hand or using Excel, if available.

 

Continue the same process for the previous years.

 

http://fcat.fldoe.org/default.asp - FCAT results by school for past 5 years for “all curriculum” students:  Select the district.  Right below the district’s name you will see: List of Districts | School Level Reports.  Click on School Level Reports. Click Individual School Reports.  Select from the display the school you are working with.  Select “summary data” or scroll to bottom of page

 

http://fcat.fldoe.org/index.asp#reports    FCAT Results for Reading, Math, Science, and Writing by “all curriculum” group (all students tested)

 

Helpful Accountability Web Addresses

 

http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/0405/    School grade data for 2005

 

http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/0405/pdf/0405grades-tap.pdf    School Grades Technical Assistance Paper

 

http://firn.edu/doe/schoolgrades/    School grade data for previous years

 

http://web.fldoe.org/NCLB/0203/     NCLB/AYP data for 2003

 

http://web.fldoe.org/NCLB/0304/     NCLB/AYP data for 2004

 

http://web.fldoe.org/NCLB/default.cfm    NCLB/AYP data for 2005

 

Other Helpful Web Addresses

 

http://www.cs.ocps.net/Reading/Benchmarks6-10.htm

Orange County School District site with CIM focus calendar and lesson plans

 

http://www.floridaschoolreport.org/    Comparable school list and school data trends based on students enrolled in same school for 3 years.  Used to identify how well individual schools are performing when compared to schools with similar characteristics and student populations.  A “Best Practices” section spotlights successful practices in FL schools.