CBS News

Computer Glitch During FCAT Testing

TALLAHASSEE (CBSmiami/AP) — Broward's school district was just one of several districts across the state which experienced problems administering the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) on ...
WPBF

School districts reporting issues with FCAT testing system

Students who were supposed to take the FCAT test on Tuesday were unable to do so because the system went down.Officials with Orange County Public Schools, where Orlando is, said several other ...
WESH

Computer issues cause FCAT testing problems

WEBVTT ALSO EN ROUTE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WESH.COM. MORE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. FCAT TESTING TODAY IS ON HOLD. THE TESTING SYSTEM IS DOWN DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS. IT'S ...
WFTV

Growing group of parents pulling kids from FCAT testing

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — There is a growing movement of parents who are refusing to send their children to school to take the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests even though the standardized tests are ...
WESH

FCAT computer glitch fixed, testing provider says

Students across central Florida will try again to take the FCAT after problems prevented them from completing the test on Tuesday.The Florida Department of Education said the glitch stemmed from a ...
Orlando Sentinel

FCAT and opting out: Testing season is underway, and some parents are skipping the exams

If you have a kid in a Florida public school, you know it’s FCAT season, that sometimes-pressurized time when schools administer the state’s high-stakes standardized tests. Even if your child didn’t ...
Orlando Weekly

FCAT testing suspended due to technical issues

FCAT testing has been suspended today for some Orange County students. Technical issues with the Pearson testing website prevented Orange County sixth-, seventh- and ninth-graders from taking their ...
Politifact

Florida education commissioner says the FCAT takes up "less than 1 percent of the instructional time" during the school year

By dividing the number of minutes spent on the FCAT by the number of minutes in a school year (54,000 minutes based on 900 minimum hours of school instruction a year), the education department ...
Florida Today

Brevard schools stop FCAT testing

Brevard Public Schools has temporarily stopped administering the state's standardized test this afternoon because of a computer glitch impacting several districts across the state. The Florida ...
News 13

FCAT computer issue suspends testing in several counties

A computer server issue on the server that runs FCAT testing in Florida forced several counties to suspend testing Tuesday. The Florida Department of Education said the Pearson server was having ...
NPR

RIP FCAT, The Florida Test With A Chorus Of Detractors

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, is being replaced by a test aligned to the Common Core State Standards. StateImpact Florida's Sammy Mack remembers FCAT and its controversial run. A ...