And FCAT prep isn’t limited to school hours -- districts have the option of adding extra help before or after school or on the weekends. "The tests are always on the forefront of teachers’ minds, ...

Passing scores on the key 10th grade FCAT math test dropped by 4 points for Lake school children while most other scores on the standardized test remained about the same. The number of passing ...

Danna Contreras doesn’t like the new FCAT. The sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami emigrated from Colombia three years ago. She wears thick, pink-rimmed glasses and she squints a ...

The WESH 2 I-Team has exposed the biggest failure of Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test and the controversy it's stirring up.Tenth-grade English teacher Craig Bell recently handed out FCAT ...

FCAT scores can determine everything from teacher pay to housing prices, but frequently changing standards are causing some to question how valid the results actually are. This year, state education ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It's a year of firsts for the Ramz Academy, a charter school in Little Havana. It's the school's first year in operation and it's the first time they are giving their students the ...

MIAMI (CBS4)- The results are in for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests, and third graders across the state performed with similar results to last year. The Department of Education released ...

Now I know how Clarence Darrow felt during the Scopes Monkey Trial. That’s what it’s like debating people who oppose Florida’s education reforms. No amount of evidence will convince them because it ...

After 16 years as the state-mandated standardized test, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test ended its final round of statewide testing Friday. Plagued by criticism of its content and ...

Florida is putting teachers to the test when it comes to their paychecks, as this year's FCAT scores will now help determine their bonuses. A new state law grades teachers at least fifty percent on ...