FCAT Practice Test
FCAT Practice Test – That’s about how many school days Duval County principals have had to prepare students for Tuesday’s Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
The stakes are highest at four schools — Andrew Jackson, Raines and Ribault high schools, and North Shore K-8 — that are on the state’s watchlist for poor performance on the FCAT.
If those “intervene” schools don’t improve this year, the district faces options ranging from changing leadership to shutting down.
Since the beginning of the year, the four principals have made test performance a top focus. They’ve raised money for student incentives, held school on Saturdays and provided after-school tutoring, and worked with the state to do a better job of coaching teachers.
In the week leading up to FCAT, the work continued with pep rallies, study sessions and motivational addresses from principals and teachers.
Ribault Principal James Young kept the 100-day countdown on student’s minds Tuesday when he used the school’s morning announcements to remind students there was only five days left until test day.
“Make sure you’re here next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to take your FCAT assessment and you will be a part of that special group of young people to make history here at Ribault,” Young said.
That day, he talked with a group of struggling seniors who still hadn’t passed the exam. Relax, he told them, the entire staff believes in you.
FCAT Practice Test
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