Resources, Special Studies & Presentations

The Florida Department of Education (DOE) provides many technical documents and resources for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® (FCAT). While the FCAT is no longer administered in Florida, these resources are valuable for the statewide assessment program.

Resources

• FCAT Handbook
• Assessment & Accountability Briefing Book (PDF)
  • Updated - Financial Cost of the FCAT (PDF)
• One Year of Florida’s Assessment Committee Participants (2011-2012) (PDF)
• Participation in State Assessment Committees (PDF)
• FCAT Test Item Specifications
• Test Design Summary (October 2004) (PDF)
• Cognitive Complexity Classification of FCAT Test Items (PDF)
• Interactive Reporting
• Content Focus Reports
• Achievement Level Definitions/Tables (PDF)
• Understanding FCAT Reports
• Reports on the 2007 Assessment (Florida Reads! - Florida Writes! - Florida Solves! - Florida Inquires!)
• Released Tests
• Sample Test Materials
• FCAT Lessons Learned: Data Analyses and Instructional Implications
• Parent Information for FCAT Student Growth Report (PDF)

Technical Reports

Reading & Mathematics

• 2006 (PDF)
• 2005 (PDF)
• 2003 (PDF)
• 2002 (PDF)

Writing

• 2006 (PDF)

Special Studies

External Review

• 2012 Report on the Scoring of the FCAT Writing Assessment - Buros Center for Testing (PDF)
• 2011 Report on the Scoring of the FCAT Writing Assessment - Buros Center for Testing (PDF)
• Considerations on the Validation of the Scoring of the 2010 FCAT Writing Test - Buros Center for Testing (Word)
• FCAT 2010 Grade 3 Reading: Scaling & Equating Validation Study - Buros Center for Testing (PDF)
• FCAT 2010 Grade 10 Reading and Grade 11 Science: Scaling & Equating Validation Study - Buros Center for Testing (PDF)
• Buros Second Report on the 2006 and 2007 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test Grade 3 Reading Scores (PDF)
• Buros Initial Report to the Florida Department of Education Recommendations on FCAT for 2007-2008 (PDF)
• A Study of the Alignment of Florida’s Sunshine State Standards with the FCAT
  • Language Arts (PDF)
    • Grade 3 Language Arts: Tables 3.1 – 3.13 (PDF)
    • Grade 8 Language Arts: Tables 8.1 – 8.13 (PDF)
    • Grade 10 Language Arts: Tables 10.1 – 10.13 (PDF)
  • Mathematics (PDF)
    • Grade 5 Mathematics: Tables 5.1 – 5.13 (PDF)
    • Grade 7 Mathematics: Tables 7.1 – 7.13 (PDF)
    • Grade 9 Mathematics: Tables 9.1 – 9.13 (PDF)

Concordance Studies

• SAT and ACT Concordance Tables: November 2007 (Excel)
• Report of FCAT Concordance Studies: July 2003 (PDF)

Vertical Scaling

• Developing a Vertical Scale for the FCAT (PDF) (published May 2001)
• Technical Report on Vertical Scaling for FCAT Reading and Mathematics (PDF) (published October 2001)

Presentations

Item Response Theory Presentation

• The ABC's of Pattern Scoring PowerPoint (PPT)

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Presentations

• External Factors Review: Grade 3, FCAT Reading, 2005, 2006, 2007 PowerPoint (PPT)
  • External Factors Review: Grade 3, FCAT Reading, 2005, 2006, 2007 PDF (PDF)
• Grade 3 FCAT – Test Construction & Equating PowerPoint (PPT)
  • Grade 3 FCAT – Test Construction & Equating PDF (PDF)
• Options for School Grades, AYP, and MAP/STAR PowerPoint (PPT)
  • Options for School Grades, AYP, and MAP/STAR PDF (PDF)
• 2006 FCAT 3rd Grade Reading PowerPoint (PPT)
  • 2006 FCAT 3rd Grade Reading PDF (PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions about FCAT Content Focus Reports (PDF)
• Frequently Asked Questions about FCAT Writing+ (PDF)

Special Documents

• Independent Review of the 2010 FCAT Results
• Questions or Concerns About the FCAT Delays
• What do we know about choosing to take a high-stakes test on a computer? September 2006 (PDF)