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 ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - Florida school districts are resuming testing after a computer glitch prevented thousands of students from taking the state's standardized assessment. The Department of ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A statewide hotline set up to answer parents’ questions and complaints about this year's dismal FCAT scores had only received 147 calls as of mid-afternoon Monday, but WFTV has ...

St. Petersburg, Florida -- FCAT testing was successful Wednesday at Florida schools. On Tuesday, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests were suspended when a computer glitch would not allow ...

Server problems that hampered Florida's computerized FCAT testing on Tuesday appear to be resolved, as education commissioner Pam Stewart told superintendents early Wednesday they were cleared to ...

For the next two weeks, students in Jackson County and across the state will be taking the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT. Students in third through 10th grades will take the reading ...

Parting is such sweet sorrow -- sort of -- as many Florida students took the FCAT for the last time this week, waving goodbye to the standardized test and marking an end to its 16-year legacy in the ...

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