Title: Student Assessment in the Public Schools

Summary: Provides that FCAT shall be discontinued & shall not be administered to public school students; requires High School Competency Test (HSCT) to replace grade 10 FCAT; requires student to earn passing scores on HSCT to qualify for standard high school diploma; requires State Board of Education to designate passing scores; provides for implementation beginning with 2013-2014 school year.

Full Text:
An act relating to student assessment in the public schools; providing that the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) shall be discontinued; requiring the High School Competency Test (HSCT) to replace the grade FCAT; requiring a student to earn passing scores on the HSCT to qualify for a standard high school diploma; requiring the State Board of Education to designate passing scores; providing for implementation beginning with the 2013-2014 school year; providing an effective date. 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the 2013-2014 school year: (1) The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) shall be discontinued and shall not be administered to public school students. (2) The High School Competency Test (HSCT) shall replace the grade FCAT. Students must earn passing scores on both the communications skills section and the mathematical skills section of the HSCT to qualify for a standard high school diploma. (3) The State Board of Education shall designate a passing score for each section of the HSCT. If a passing score is raised by the State Board of Education, the passing score shall apply only to students taking the HSCT for the first time after such designation. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.