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Do Homeschoolers Have To Take Standardized Tests in Florida?
According to Florida state homeschooling laws, homeschoolers are required to give their children annual educational evaluations in Florida. Some parents may choose standardized testing for these evaluations.
The FLDOE, however, offers homeschoolers a number of options for these annual evaluations:
Any Florida-certified teacher chosen by the parent may evaluate the student’s homeschool portfolio.
Or, a homeschool student any nationally-normed student achievement test administered by a certified teacher.
Or, homeschool students may join public schools students and take the Florida state assessment test by contacting their public school district.
In addition, parents may choose to have their homeschooler evaluated by a psychologist.
Finally, homeschooling parents and the local school district superintendent may agree upon a form of evaluation to measure a student’s academic progress.
If your aim is to send your child back to a traditional school at some point, discuss testing with your local school district. Placement tests may be necessary to determine a grade level.
Florida Statewide Assessment Program
Participation in the assessment program is mandatory for all students enrolled in a public school. The grade-level Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) that public school students are required to participate in measure student achievement of the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards. Statewide assessments are administered at the following grade levels:
Kindergarten: Star Early Literacy or Star Reading, Star Math
Grade 1: Star Early Literacy or Star Reading, Star Math
Grade 2: Star Reading or Star Math
Grade 3: FAST Reading and FAST Mathematics
Grade 4: FAST Reading and FAST Mathematics
Grade 5: FAST Reading, FAST Mathematics, and Statewide Science Assessment
Grade 6: FAST Reading and FAST Mathematics
Grade 7: FAST Reading and FAST Mathematics
Grade 8: FAST Reading, FAST Mathematics, and Statewide Science Assessment
Grade 9: FAST Reading
Grade 10: FAST Reading
All public schools choose particular test dates within the testing schedule:
View the 2022-23 Uniform Statewide Assessment Calendar (PDF) This calendar includes both statewide and school-wide assessments administered to FLVS Full Time students.
End-of-Course Assessments
Learn more about each assessment and access resources to help prepare for the EOC assessments by clicking on the links for each course website:
Algebra 1
Geometry
Biology 1
US History
Civics
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