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 ...

A pair of Senate Democrats Wednesday called on the State Board of Education to investigate delays in the scoring of the states FCAT tests and its contract with test assessment company NCS Pearson. But ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Many Florida students continue to struggle on high-stakes tests in reading and math, although new results released Friday showed signs of improvement for those students taking ...

A Democratic lawmaker from South Florida wants to get rid of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, more commonly known as the FCAT, but her critics fear the alternative may be worse. Tuesday ...

Ever since Gov. Jeb Bush instituted the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, in the 1990s, I cheered every time the state of Florida changed its testing program. This time has gotta be ...

FCAT scores for the remaining fourth through eighth grade reading and math exams, as well as the science exam for fifth and eighth grade were released on Tuesday. The Florida Department of Education ...

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 ...

Officials with the Jackson County school district say they are largely pleased with results from the latest round of FCAT tests. Local results were issued over the weekend. In third grade reading and ...