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• 2000 FCAT Technical Report (PDF)
  Report from the FL DOE
  
  
• 8th grade FCAT Reading
  Site of 8th-grade FCAT reading practice, including scoring activities, self test, practice test, and resources. Items have not been validated by DOE.
  
  
• All About FCAT
  A great, very complete website done by a NOVA graduate students with everything teachers, students, and parents would ever want to know about FCAT--including FCAT-like simulation questions.
  
  
• Ask Dr. Math
  This site is organized by grade levels (elementary, middle school, high school, college). It offers an extensive archive of previously asked math questions along with detailed explanations of how to solve common types of math problems.
  
  
• Curriculum Planning Tool Mathematics Lesson Plans K-12
  This page contains the matrix of available K-12 Mathematics lessons available for download into the Curriculum Planning Tool software (CPT). All lessons include classroom, teacher-managed assessment activities and.were validated by expert review and by pilot testing in classrooms by teachers. Each file contains a single activity/lesson plan.
  
  
• FCAT 2003-2004 Schedule (PDF)
  The schedule for the 2003-2004 Florida Statewide Assessment Program.
  
  
• FCAT 4th Grade Reading
  Provides information about the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and the Sunshine State Standards. It also provides interactive teaching strategies, practice tests, rubric scoring practice, and teacher resources.
  
  
• FCAT Explorer
  The FCAT Explorer offers students fun, effective practice on skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards and tested on the FCAT. The FCAT Explorer also enables teachers to create reports and monitor student performance and progress. Currently, skill practice is available for 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th grade reading, as well as 5th, 8th, and 10th grade math. A user account is needed and may be obtained through your district office.
  
  
• FCAT Explorer Parent and Family Guide
  The Parent and Family Guide provides information about the FCAT, the Sunshine State Standards, homework strategies and test-taking guidance. The site also provides information about the Sunshine State Standards, the FCAT, the Department of Education, and strategies to help children succeed in school. The 4th Grade Reading Center provides information about the Language Arts Benchmarks tested on the FCAT and offers Benchmark-based "Activities" designed to make learning fun for your child.
  
  
• FCAT Fitness Course
  Florida Virtual School offers a practice test for FCAT. Students can work online at home. Click on topics like "Run Laps with Reading" and "Marathon with Math" for full length practice FCAT tests. To access, click on "Showcase" and then "Enter FCAT Fitness Course." This can be used by teachers as a resource as well.
  
  
• FCAT for Parents
  This site briefly describes FCAT, calls on parents to partner with teachers in educating their children, and includes questions and answers of interest to parents.
  
  
• FCAT Homepage
  The FCAT Homepage site provides statistics on District scores on the FCAT tests for 1999-2000 school year and previous years. Also they have downloadable sample problems with answers for each grade level tested.
  
  
• FCAT Practice Materials Using Prevention Concepts
  These FCAT practice materials integrate alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention concepts into subject area practice items for fourth, fifth, eighth, and tenth grades. Students will benefit from using these FCAT-formatted materials to sharpen their skills in math, reading, writing, and science, while learning developmentally appropriate information to enhance healthy decision-making.
  
  
• FCAT Products & Publications
  A list from FL DOE
  
  
• FCAT Sample Items
  Sample FCAT items provided by the FL DOE.
  
  
• FCAT Science Materials from DOE
  Contains current and archives of sample and released FCAT test materials and items for 2001, 2002 and 2003 in reading, mathematics and science.
  
  
• FCAT Scoring Rubrics
  Rubrics are the scoring guidelines or criteria used to evaluate all FCAT Reading, Mathematics, and Science performance tasks and FCAT Writing essays. The rubric describes what is required for each possible score point. Six separate documents provide rubrics for FCAT Reading, Mathematics, and Science, and three separate documents provide rubrics for FCAT Writing.
  
  
• FCAT Test Item and Performance Task Specifications
  Describes the test items and performance tasks found in the FCAT assessments. The specifications are guidelines for item writers and reviewers. They are also a source of information about FCAT for educators and the general public.
  
  
• FCAT Tips for Students, Teachers, and Parents
  This site was designed to link teachers, parents, and students to information pertaining to Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
  
  
• Federal Resources for Excellence in Education- FREE
  Federal Resources for Excellence in Education offers hundreds of teaching and learning resources from across the federal government are now available at one of the most popular federal Web sites for education:...FREE provides easy access to learning resources from more than 35 federal agencies. At the Web site http://www.ed.gov/free/, activities, lessons and resources cover unique and varying topics in virtually all content areas.
  
  
• FL DOE Parents and Students Resources
  A subsection of the DOE Home Page that contains links to a variety of information of interest to parents and students about the State Education System in Florida.
  
  
• Fla. DOE Education News and Statistics
  The Fla. Dept. of Educations web portal on accessing a variety of infomation including: grants, FCAT, Fla. School Districts Profiles, school, teacher and student statistical information, publications and statistical information, among numerous education hot topics.
  
  
• Florida Center for Instructional Technology
  The Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) is located at the University of South Florida, at Tampa, Florida. to provide leadership and support services to educational institutions with regard to the integration of technology in education. A primary focus of FCIT is the development of instructional materials and databases for telecommunications. In addition on providing the above resources, it also provides resources that are produced and distributed through the use of technology.
  
  
• Florida Department of Education
  The home page of the Fla. Dept. of Education provides a portal to a wealth of information on education in Florida via a search engine located on this page.
  
  
• Florida DOE Curriculum Planning Tool Home Page
  This site contains hundreds of learning activities for all content areas. The activities were created by Florida teachers and are downloadable for use with the Curriculum Planning Tools (CPT) software. Each learning activity has been validated by expert review and by pilot testing in classrooms. The activities are identified by subject area, title, grade level, and content area strand.
  
  
• Homework Help.com
  Homework Help website offers a variety of free lessons in middle and high school subjects. Their paid membership premium site gives access to over 3000 Math, English, and Science lessons, featuring: interactive animations, audio and video lessons, quizzes, exercises. There are also helps for test prep and ESL.
  
  
• Internet Learning Network
  Internet Learning Network (ILN) provides tools for learning and self-improvement, practice opportunities, hints and links to tutorial sites so that students can see where they stand and access resources to help them do better. Resources are targeted at grades 3, 4, 7, 8 & 12.
  
  
• Lessons Learned-FCAT, Sunshine State Standards and Instructional Implications
  This publication provides an analysis of previous years' FCAT results and contains analyses of state FCAT Reading, Writing, and Mathematics data for the years since the first administration. A task force of Florida educators, Department of Education staff and Harcourt Educational Measurement staff examined FCAT data to determine statewide trends and used these trends to gain insights into student performance. Instructional implications sections have been included to assist educators in improving instruction in the classroom.
  
  
• Lightspan.com
  Lightspan.com is a FREE education portal for educators, parents, and students, providing resources, research tools, and grade-specific activities.
  
  
• Math.com Student Resources
  The site is a rich resource for information in the areas of: Algebra, Fractions, Geometry, Calculus, and other content topics. The site contains a number of math related resources that include: References, Calculators, Converters, Equation Solvers, Graphers , Math Practice, Test Preparation, Tutoring, Study Tips, Wonders of Math and Games & Puzzles. There are links on the student page to a Parent Resource page, Teacher Resource page and General Mathematics information and resources.
  
  
• Mega Math
  This web-site presents an array of important mathematical ideas and topics. It allows students and teachers to experience math the way mathematicians and scientists experience it via practical applications. A feature called the Big Picture provides instant access to the site's other resources on a topic. These resources include: multiple activities for students and vocabulary explanations of the key mathematical words used in the topic information and activities.
  
  
• PBS Teacher Source
  PBS's Teacher Resources web page contains a search tool for locating mathematics lesson plans by grade levels and topic. All lessons contain the specific objectives & NCTM standards addressed, along with lesson procedures, evaluation suggestions and extension activities. There is a sizable library of online video clips wherein teachers demonstrate lessons with students, accompanied by a copy of the lesson plan and a link to additional related, non video illustrated, lesson plans.
  
  
• Sunshine State Standards
  This site contains a matrix access to the Sunshine State Standards and Grade Level Expectations, downloadable via Adobe Acrobat. Also included are Florida Course Descriptions, links to the Workforce Companion to the Sunshine State Standards, the Curriculum Planning Tools software (CPT) and DOE subject area contacts.
  
  
• Sunshine State Standards
  This site is predominantly for someone just wanting a list of the sunshine state standards for all levels.
  
  
• Sunshine State Standards
  This website provides the standards for reading and literature that are being addressed by FCAT.
  
  
• What every teacher should know about FCAT
  A report from the FL DOE