TALLAHASSEE (CBSmiami/AP) — Broward's school district was just one of several districts across the state which experienced problems administering the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) on ...

WEBVTT ALSO EN ROUTE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WESH.COM. MORE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. FCAT TESTING TODAY IS ON HOLD. THE TESTING SYSTEM IS DOWN DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS. IT'S ...

Students who were supposed to take the FCAT test on Tuesday were unable to do so because the system went down.Officials with Orange County Public Schools, where Orlando is, said several other ...

After years of talk, the Florida Department of Education plans to begin moving FCAT testing to computers in the spring. Hudson High School isn't ready yet. Built in 1973, the school lacks enough ...

Florida’s all-important FCAT exams were thrown into disarray on Tuesday, as widespread computer glitches prevented thousands of students across the state from logging into their computers and taking ...

When FCAT testing came around earlier this year, Jennifer Wayman's daughter Kaitlyn was sick in bed with the flu and a 102-degree temperature. School officials called her home, but not to wish the ...

If you have a kid in a Florida public school, you know it’s FCAT season, that sometimes-pressurized time when schools administer the state’s high-stakes standardized tests. Even if your child didn’t ...

Complaining has become as much a part of the high-stakes FCAT test in Florida as bubble answer sheets and No. 2 pencils. But this year -- with tens of thousands more children failing, a botched ...

TALLAHASSEE - Even though Gov. Jeb Bush is recommending the state spend $263 million next year to reward schools for their performance on the FCAT, an overwhelming majority of Florida school ...

Plummeting FCAT writing scores have led to a renewed round of criticisms against Florida's ongoing effort to ramp up its education accountability and testing program. Preliminary results released ...

A breakthrough in standardized testing is on the rise, as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test begins its transition to computer-based testing this spring. Taking its turn at saving the planet by ...

The Florida Department of Education has established rules and regulations regarding the conduct of FCAT testing in schools. FCAT testing in Broward County Public Schools is scheduled for March 10 ...