Notice of Change/Withdrawal

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education
RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6A-1.09422: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and End-of-Course Assessment 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. 37 No. 44, November 4, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Subsections (6) and (8) of Rule 6A-1.09422 are amended to read:

(6) Examinee scores on the FCAT 2.0 Reading and Mathematics shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered during the 2010-2011 school year. Examinee scores on the FCAT 2.0 Science shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered during the 2011-2012 school year. Examinee scores on EOC assessments shall be reported by the use of scaled scores and achievement levels defined by the baseline assessment administered as follows: Algebra 1 EOC Assessment (2010-2011), Geometry EOC Assessment (2011-2012), Biology 1 EOC Assessment (2011-2012), United States History EOC Assessment (2012-2013), and Civics EOC Assessment (2013-2014). Achievement levels range from 1 through 5, with level 1 being the lowest achievement level, level 5 being the highest achievement level, and level 3 indicating satisfactory performance on the assessment. Scoring at or above achievement level 4 3 on a Florida EOC Assessment indicates that a student is high achieving and has the potential to meet college-readiness standards by the time the student graduates from high school.

(a) The achievement levels for the FCAT 2.0 Reading and Mathematics shall be as shown in the following tables.

FCAT 2.0 Reading developmental scale scores (140 to 302) for each achievement level:

Grade

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

3

140-181

182-197

198-209

210-226

227-260

4

154-191

192-207

208-220

221-237

238-269

5

161-199

200-215

216-229

230-245

246-277

6

167-206

207-221

222-236

237-251

252-283

7

171-212

213-227

228-242

243-257

258-289

8

175-217

218-234

235-248

249-263

264-296

9

178-221

222-239

240-252

253-267

268-302

10

188-227

228-244

245-255

256-270

271-302

FCAT 2.0 Mathematics developmental scale scores (140 to 298) for each achievement level:

Grade

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

3

140-182

183-197

198-213

214-228

229-260

4

155-196

197-209

210-223

224-239

240-271

5

163-204

205-219

220-233

234-246

247-279

6

170-212

213-226

227-239

240-252

253-284

7

179-219

220-233

234-247

248-260

261-292

8

187-228

229-240

241-255

256-267

268-298

 

(b) The achievement levels for the Algebra 1 EOC Assessment shall be as shown in the following table.

Algebra 1 EOC Assessment scale scores (325 to 475) for each achievement level:

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

325-374

375-398

399-424

425-436

437-475

 

(8) For students who entered grade nine during the 2000-2001 school year through the 2009-2010 school year, the passing score for the required reading and mathematics assessments shall be a score equal to or greater than 300 on the 100 to 500 scale, and 1926 for the reading assessment and 1889 for the mathematics assessment on the developmental scale, unless the student had previously qualified for the passing scores required for the 2002-2003 graduating class. Since a level 3 score is a satisfactory performance level pursuant to Section 1008.22(3)(c)5., F.S., a level 3 score that is a graduation requirement indicates that the student is on a pathway to college and career readiness. For students entering grade nine during the 2010-2011 school year and beyond, the passing score for all assessments required for high school graduation or for course credit shall be the minimum scale score in achievement level 3.