FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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JIM HORNE
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
JULIA L. JOHNSON
WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
LINDA K. TAYLOR
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Dr. Cornelia Orr, Director
DATE:
February 26, 2004
SUBJECT:
Use of FCAT Preidentified Student Labels
The purpose of this memorandum is to remind districts about the use of pre-gridded labels for
FCAT. Preidentified student labels MUST be used on student answer documents when such
labels have been provided. The Department will be monitoring the use of these labels on
materials returned for scoring. Schools that have a high percentage of student documents
without labels may not receive a school grade until the district is able to review and improve the
accuracy of the information garnered from the hand-gridded answer documents.
Please refer to pages 10-12 of the
2004 FCAT Reading, Mathematics, and Science Test
Administration Manual
for specific directions regarding Preidentification of Student Answer
Documents. (A copy of the 2004 test administration manual may be downloaded from the
following site: http://ncsschoolhouse.com/fcat.) As indicated in the manual, if an individual
label contains inaccurate student data, it should not be used.
If you have any questions regarding the use of student labels, please contact Victoria Ash or
LeeAnn Brown at 850-245-0513 or SunCom 205-0513.
Questions relating to school grades
should be directed to Sue Klos at 850-245-0411 or SunCom 205-0411.
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Christy Hovantez
District Coordinators of Assessment
District Accountability Coordinators
CORNELIA S. ORR, PH.D.
DIRECTOR, ASSESSMENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY, RESEARCH, AND MEASUREMENT
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 414 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0513 • www.fldoe.org