Many Florida students continue to struggle on high-stakes tests in reading and math. The Florida Department of Education reported Friday that nearly half of the ninth and 10th-graders who took the ...

The controversial high-stakes test that debuted last spring accurately measures a student’s mastery of tough new educational standards, a report released Tuesday found, paving the way for its use in ...

UPDATE: Official results have been posted on the state website. FCAT third-grade results are beginning to trickle in ahead of the state's official release later today. These scores are important, ...

Florida students will take a new standardized state test this spring that’ll be more rigorous, slightly longer and mostly online. These high-stakes exams, tied to tougher Common Core education ...

The FCAT you've come to know — and often complain about — is changing this school year as the state pushes higher academic standards and new testing. For the first time, there will be no ninth-grade ...

Friday marked the beginning of the end for the FCAT test, with a release of the scores from the Florida Department of Education showing the statewide passing rate for third-grade reading and math ...

Florida students will take a new standardized state test this spring that will be more rigorous, slightly longer and mostly online. These high-stakes exams, tied to tougher Common Core education ...

In the second report in a series on education, Tom Bearden looks at the standardized tests required for high school graduation in Florida. Instead of going to college this summer, 18-year-old Juan ...

The head of a group opposed to the state's use of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test has asked Gov. Jeb Bush to let parents see their children's tests while a lawsuit over the issue is in the ...

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is the Super Bowl for the state's school system. The FCAT is the tool by which all of the system's students, teachers, administrators and schools are judged.