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Helpful Information for the

Helpful Information for the. FCAT and EOCs. High School Graduation Requirements. New Standard Diploma and Designation Options 24 Credits 18 Credits Pass 10 th grade FCAT with a 245 or Higher Pass the Algebra 1 EOC Take 1 Virtual Course Excluding Driver’s Ed.

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  1. Helpful Information for the FCAT and EOCs

  2. High School Graduation Requirements • New Standard Diploma and Designation Options • 24 Credits • 18 Credits • Pass 10th grade FCAT with a 245 or Higher • Pass the Algebra 1 EOC • Take 1 Virtual Course Excluding Driver’s Ed. • Have a 2.0 Un-Weighted GPA or above

  3. High School Graduation Requirements • 24 Credit Option • English- 4 credits • Math- 4 credits • Algebra 1 (EOC must pass) • Geometry (EOC 30%) • Algebra 2 • +1 • Science- 3 credits • 1 Biology (EOC 30%) • 1 Physical Science • +1 • History- 3 credits • World History • US History (EOC 30%) • ½ American Government • ½ Economics • World Language- 2 credits • Performing/Fine Art credit • HOPE- 1 credit • Electives- 6 credits • 18 Credit Option • English- 4 credits • Math- 4 credits • Algebra 1 (EOC must pass) • Geometry (EOC 30%) • Algebra 2 • +1 • Science- 3 credits • 1 Biology (EOC 30%) • 1 Physical Science • +1 • History- 3 credits • World History • US History (EOC 30%) • ½ American Government • ½ Economics • Performing/Fine Art credit • Electives- 3 credits • Please note students earning the 18 credit diploma will not be accepted into a University or be eligible for Bright Futures

  4. State & District EOC’s • District EOC = 30% of Final Grade • Algebra I EOC = Pass/Fail for High School Credit • State EOC’s: • Geometry, Biology, & U.S. History = 30% of Final Grade

  5. FCAT & EOCAchievement Levels

  6. FCAT & EOC Scale Scores

  7. Take Your Time! • Read Carefully! • Read Repeatedly! • Eliminate Answers You KNOW are Wrong! • Check Your Answers! • Write in the margins! • Eat Breakfast! • GET SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!

  8. Test Taking Strategies • “The Fly Over” • Read the passage quickly to get the basic ideas and main points … the minor details would be lost to you by the time you get to the questions anyway. • By Reading over the story quickly, you will be in the right mindset to answer the questions and will not risk spending too much time on the passages.

  9. Test Taking Strategies • Create a Mental Summary • Use a graphic organizer or jot down quick notes to summarize the main points of the reading before looking at the questions. • Openings and Endings • Take note of the Main Ideas at the beginning and ending of the readings. • Try to categorize sections of the text so you know where to find the support when you need it.

  10. Test Taking Strategies • “Mind Reading” • Contemplate the Author/Test Maker’s Intention in Providing the Excerpt/Question • Ask yourself: • “Why did he/she write it?” • “What was he/she trying to say?” • “What is the most important?”

  11. Test Taking Strategies • You Must Be an Active Reader- • Predict: Make an educated guess at what is to come and read on to see if you are right. • Question: Ask the important questions as you read… They will be the same kind that The Test Maker Will Ask! • Connect: You may not be interested in the articles /excerpts, but you can at least understand it if you relate it to something you are familiar with. • Visualize: Make sense of it by trying to picture it. • Evaluate: Be Critical… What is the Author trying to do? How is he/she trying to do it? Does it work? • Review: RE-READ what you have trouble understanding. • Respond: You have an opinion… use it to keep you involved.

  12. Test Taking Strategies • Test Taker vs. Test Maker • When dealing with MULTIPLE CHOICE Questions, it is important to not only know what the Question is checking for, but what the Answers are checking for as well. • REMEMBER: • A) Correct Answer • B) Clearly Wrong Answer • C) Factual, but Incorrect Response • D) Extraneous Information Answer

  13. Test Taking Strategies • Multiple Choice Options • Correct Answer: • Shows you understand the reading & the question • Clearly Wrong Answer • Usually has very little or nothing to do with the text. Shows you didn’t understand the reading. • Factual, but Incorrect Response • True statement, but not the correct response to the question. Shows you understood the reading but not the question. • Extraneous Information Answer • Seems to be a true statement, but attaches information that is not directly from the text. Makes you second guess yourself.

  14. Test Taking Strategies • If Can’t Find a Right Answer… Find 3 Wrong Ones! • Consider that there is SOMETHING wrong with every response… except ONE! • This something has been strategically placed to do one of FOUR THINGS: • 1) Over-Simplifies the response • 2) Over-Complicates the response • 3) Create Doubt in the reader’s mind • 4) Makes False or UN-Supported connections within the text *If you have narrowed your choices down to two possibilities… look for one of these to signify the incorrect response.

  15. Online Resources www.march2success.com www.number2.com www.algebranation.com

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