Even when the FCAT is implemented, students will continue to take the Grade Ten Assessment Test, which is designed to assess skills of a higher order than those tested by a minimal skills exam that it replaced. Florida students must pass the High School Competency Test to earn a high school diploma. Last school year, more than half of Alachua County students scored above the national median in both the reading and math sections. All incoming UF freshmen who need remedial help are encouraged to apply for Summer B admission. Admissions officials say that the Summer B admission is less competitive, and several remedial classes are taught.
Remedial classes are especially widespread at community colleges.
About 60 percent of the 13,000 Santa Fe Community College students have attended College Prep for remedial work in one or more of the areas of reading, writing and mathematics. All rights reserved. No portion of The Alligator Online may be reproduced without the written consent of an officer of Campus Communications, Inc.