Private School
State Testing Requests

For participation in the state testing windows, ACPS will facilitate the testing of students who are currently attending a private school on a HOPE or Family Empowerment Scholarship. If this applies to your student, please fill out the form below. This is the same form used for Home Education students.

You can navigate back to the Homeschool site here.

In order to take advantage of this opportunity, private school students will need to complete an online registration process, via a secure form, by June 16, 2023. 

You can access the online registration form here.

Once the student is registered they will be assigned a testing location and time. This information will be communicated through the email address(es) used to register. Completion of the registration form will serve as the student's intent for testing as well as for enrollment into Alachua County Public School's Student Information System. This is required in order for the state to issue a Florida Education ID, which is a requirement to participate in state assessments.

No late registration is available for these assessments. Registration information will be used to hire staff and to secure a test site. The staff and building location will be based on student registration information collected as of June 16, 2023.

REGISTRATION/SITTING FEE:

There will be a $10.00 non-refundable registration/sitting fee for all private school students participating in District-based EOC administrations due the day of testing (cash only). This fee will help offset the additional cost on the district related to the administration of the test. This fee is per student, per test. So, a student participating in 3 different EOCs will pay 3 separate $10 fees.

TESTING WINDOW:

Alachua County Public Schools will only be testing private school students at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL sometime in the July 10-21, 2023 window. Specific testing date(s) and time(s) will be emailed out about a week after the close of the sign up window (June 16).

TESTING LOCATION:

The address for Abraham Lincoln Middle School is: 1001 SE 12th St, Gainesville, FL 32641

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STUDENTS REQUIRING ACCOMMODATIONS:

If a student requires an accommodation for testing, the student’s official current Individual Education Plan (IEP) or English Language Learner (ELL) status must be included with the Accommodations Form (DOWNLOAD IT HERE). This information MUST be submitted with the request form above, or mailed to the Office of Evaluation, Accountability, and Analytics and received at least two weeks prior to testing.

Mail: 

ATTN: Todd Spina

Office of Evaluation, Accountability, and Analytics

620 E. University Avenue

Gainesville, FL 32601 

PROPER IDENTIFICATION:

Home education students participating in State testing will be required to bring photo-identification to verify their identity on the day of testing. On the testing day, the student and parent must have picture identification to sign in for the test administration. Parents should have a government issued ID and a student must have a school issued picture ID or other government issued photo ID. No other forms of picture ID will be accepted. 

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS:

Please make arrangements prior to testing to pick up your student from the test site. Please note that a contact number must be provided for cases of emergency.

ONLINE PRACTICE TEST:

Students are required to practice using an online test prior to the test. All students must take an online practice test prior to arriving to the test site for each EOC test.  The practice tests can be found here.

Should you have further assessment related questions please contact: 

Todd Spina (spinatj@gm.sbac.edu )

Should you any home education or school choice related questions please contact: 

homeschool@gm.sbac.edu