Testing - Requirements Options
End-of-year tests for FOFCAI students can take on many forms to align with the specific needs of our families.
Testing Options and Requirements:
For FOFCAI students those options include:
• A nationally normed, reference evaluation (See the list at the bottom of the PEP Scholarship Section.)
• An evaluation by a Florida Certified Teacher
• Any of the College Entrance tests approved for Bright Futures qualification, which are listed below.
o SAT from the College Board, not the Stanford 10 which is sometimes referred to as the SAT. www.collegeboard.org
o ACT www.actstudent.org
o CLT (Classic Learning Test) www.cltexam.com
Validation Procedure:
Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students must have a portfolio review to determine the level of proficiency before they will be promoted to the next grade and or have the kindergarten diploma issued.
However, there are specific requirements for students that utilize the FES-UA scholarship or the PEP Scholarship. To provide some clarity and links to the available options, we have provided the following updates.
A student receiving a FES-UA scholarship that is a registered home education student must comply with the annual educational evaluation requirements in section 1002.41(1)(f), Florida Statutes. The statute provides the student the following five options for completing this evaluation:
1. A teacher selected by the parent shall evaluate the student’s educational progress upon review of the portfolio and discussion with the student. Such teacher shall hold a valid regular Florida certificate to teach academic subjects at the elementary or secondary level.
2. The student shall take any nationally normed student achievement test administered by a certified teacher. (Refer to the web link below for Florida approved assessments)
3. The student shall take a state student assessment test used by the school district and administered by a certified teacher, at a location and under testing conditions approved by the school district.
4. The student shall be evaluated by a psychologist or school psychologist holding a valid, active license; or
5. The student shall be evaluated with any other valid measurement tool as mutually agreed upon by the district school superintendent of the district in which the student resides and the student’s parent.
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The PEP program is different. Those students are NOT registered with the County as "home schoolers" even though the statute is referred to as the "Home School Scholarship. Just by being enrolled in the PEP program, the PEP student is in compliance with the Florida compulsory attendance requirements, so they do not need to register with the County as a home schooler.
For students on the PEP scholarship, must upload to SUFS (Or AAAScholarship) a nationally normed, standardized test that comes from the Florida Department of Education's approved list. The link to that complete list is at the end of this section.
In the past the two tests most chosen by our students have been the CLT or Classic Learning Test or the Stanford 10, mainly because they can be taken online. With the growth of the PEP scholarship additional testing options are becoming available for example the WRAT has been used by some of our students because it is a shorter test and can also be taken online.
One of the longer and therefore more detailed assessments is the Stanford 10. If your student may be going to a traditional five day a week program that uses advanced curriculum like Bob Jones Press, then the Stanford 10 or Iowa would be a logical assessment. https://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/testing/online
The complete list of all approved Evaluations from the Florida Department of Education is here: https://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/k-12-scholarship-programs/ftc/annual-assessment-requirement.stml
Certified Teachers that our families have used in the past who do annual assessments for county registered home schoolers, that may also offer an assessment approved by the FLDOE for PEP Scholarship students.
Cathy Stokes. Does homeschool evaluations and offers the K-TEA assessment: (She has been doing homeschool evaluations for 22 years. Her contact information is: Phone: 863-899-2815 email: Cathy8581@gmail.com
Samantha Eason also does homeschool evaluations in addition to the WRAT testing in person or online: (qualifies for PEP students) https://homeschoolevals.wixsite.com/website/wrat-5-testing
For additional information or to register for the evaluation, email the office at: admin@fofcai.com
