Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since Gov. Jeb Bush instituted the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, in the 1990s, I cheered every time the ...

A little more than half of Florida’s third graders passed the state’s reading test this spring, a slightly smaller percentage than passed last year and a more significant drop from the scores posted ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As Florida’s use of the Florida Standards Assessments ends, final test results before the statewide switch to progress monitoring show pass rates averaging 51% among students in ...